Correlation between motor performance scales, body composition, and anthropometry in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy
✍ Scribed by Erhan Bayram, Yasemin Topcu, Pakize Karakaya…
- Book ID
- 120738299
- Publisher
- Royal Association of Belgian Medical Scientific Societies
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 113
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-9009
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