Impact of sub-thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on dual tasking gait in Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Eliraz Seri-Fainshtat, Zvi Israel…
- Book ID
- 120693205
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1743-0003
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