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Original Articles

The overshadowed scientific endeavours of Berengario Da Carpi, a renaissance physician and the Forerunner of neurosurgery: a historical vignette

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Pages 277-283 | Received 26 Jun 2020, Accepted 07 Dec 2020, Published online: 21 Dec 2020

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