Pathophysiology of diurnal drooling in Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by Johanna G. Kalf; Marten Munneke; Lenie van den Engel-Hoek; Bert J. de Swart; George F. Borm; Bastiaan R. Bloem; Machiel J. Zwarts
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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