Contributions of mild parkinsonian signs to gait performance in the elderly
โ Scribed by Gilles Allali,Joe Verghese,Jeannette R. Mahoney
- Book ID
- 126359689
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0161-9152
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