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Idiopathic torsion dystonia and writing tremor within a family

✍ Scribed by Masaharu Hayashi; Hiroyoshi Koide

Book ID: 117545736
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 95 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 0387-7604
DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(97)00070-3

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