Osmotic demyelination syndromes: Central and extrapontine myelinolysis
β Scribed by S. Huq; M. Wong; H. Chan; D. Crimmins
- Book ID
- 116673960
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 997 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0967-5868
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