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Fear of falling and falls in people with Parkinson’s disease treated with deep brain stimulation in the subthalamic nuclei

✍ Scribed by M. H. Nilsson; S. Rehncrona; G.-B. Jarnlo

Book ID: 109339185
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 182 KB
Volume: 123
Category: Article
ISSN: 0001-6314
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01418.x

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