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Editorial
. 1998 Dec;317(7174):1673-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7174.1673a.

"No longer Gage": an iron bar through the head. Early observations of personality change after injury to the prefrontal cortex

K O'Driscoll, J P Leach
Editorial

"No longer Gage": an iron bar through the head. Early observations of personality change after injury to the prefrontal cortex

K O'Driscoll et al. BMJ. 1998 Dec.
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Gage’s skull, with the tamping iron
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