Nothing to disclose. Author Roles: Mohammed T. Ahmad was involved in the writing of the first draft, patient assessment, followup, and video filming. Kumar M. Prakash was involved in review and critique, writing of the final draft, patient and video assessment, and video editing.
Possible post-traumatic paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia
โ Scribed by Valentina Chiesa; Filippo Tamma; Elena Gardella; Elena Caputo; Raffaele Canger; Maria Paola Canevini
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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