Dopa-responsive dystonia: Two more cases with diagnostic considerations
✍ Scribed by Airaksinen, Eila M.; Pääkkönen, Leena; Kuikka, Jyrki
- Book ID
- 122037353
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-8994
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