Mirror writing in task specific dystonia: A case report
β Scribed by Pramod K. Pal; N. Shivashankar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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