Improvement in dystonic camptocormia following botulinum toxin injection to the external oblique muscle
β Scribed by Wijemanne, Subhashie; Jimenez-Shahed, Joohi
- Book ID
- 126887958
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 559 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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