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. 2021 Jan:145:555-556.
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.09.093.

Letter to the Editor Regarding "Neurosurgical Referral Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A United Kingdom Experience"

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Letter to the Editor Regarding "Neurosurgical Referral Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A United Kingdom Experience"

Nishant Goyal et al. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jan.
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Vertical bar graph depicting the number of “nonemergent” outpatient department patients from January to August in 2019 and 2020. Compared with the same period in 2019, the outpatient department referrals in 2020 were comparable in January and February, started decreasing in March, were the lowest in April and May, and started increasing gradually with the easing of the lockdown in June.

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