Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for chorea-acanthocytosis
β Scribed by Kefalopoulou, Zinovia; Zrinzo, Ludvic; Aviles-Olmos, Iciar; Bhatia, Kailash; Jarman, Paul; Jahanshahi, Marjan; Limousin, Patricia; Hariz, Marwan; Foltynie, Thomas
- Book ID
- 118784495
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Volume
- 260
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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