## Abstract We studied the inhibition of median Hβreflexes by conditioning stimuli on the radial nerve in 13 patients with writer's cramp, eight of the simple type and five of the dystonic type, and in 14 normal volunteers. The patients and controls were rightβhanded, and their right arms were stud
Facts and fancies on writer's cramp
β Scribed by Ryuji Kaji
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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