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Botulinum toxin injections to one leg alleviate freezing of gait in a patient with parkinson's disease

✍ Scribed by Dr. Nir Giladi; Silvia Honigman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 247 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120641

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