BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A IN THE TREATMENT OF SIALORRHEA IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
✍ Scribed by Ailton Melo; Bernardo Rodrigues; Ana Caline Nóbrega
- Book ID
- 109130443
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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