O040 Ambulatory monitoring of motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by S. Moore; H. MacDougall; W. Ondo
- Book ID
- 117677703
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0966-6362
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