Smart Neuroprosthetics Becoming Smarter, but Not for Everyone?

EClinicalMedicine

Laboratory of NeuroScience, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Offenburg University, Badstr. 24, D-77652 Offenburg, Germany.

Published: September 2018

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