Letter to the Editor. Global trends of female representation in neurosurgery

Bhavya PahwaUniversity College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India

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Mohamed A. ZaazoueIndiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

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Publication Date:
19 Aug 2022
Page Range:
1872–1873
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Volume 137: Issue 6
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/2022.6.JNS221388
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Volume 137: Issue 6 (Dec 2022)

in Journal of Neurosurgery

Figure from Kim et al. (pp 1601–1609).

Contributor Notes

Correspondence Mohamed A. Zaazoue: mzaazoue@iu.edu.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online August 19, 2022; DOI: 10.3171/2022.6.JNS221388.

Disclosures The authors report no conflict of interest.

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