Long-lasting benefits of botulinum toxin type B in Parkinson’s disease-related drooling
✍ Scribed by Giovanni Lagalla; Marzia Millevolte; Marianna Capecci; Leandro Provinciali; Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 256
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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