Clinical assessment and management of spasticity: a review
β Scribed by T. Rekand
- Book ID
- 109339146
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6314
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