Familial cortical tremor with epilepsy: an under-recognized familial tremor
โ Scribed by Yasuyuki Okuma; Yasushi Shimo; Hideki Shimura; Kozo Hatori; Tatsuya Hattori; Shigeki Tanaka; Tomoyoshi Kondo; Yoshikuni Mizuno
- Book ID
- 119533731
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8467
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