Psychogenic paroxysmal movement disorders – Clinical features and diagnostic clues
✍ Scribed by Ganos, Christos; Aguirregomozcorta, Maria; Batla, Amit; Stamelou, Maria; Schwingenschuh, Petra; Münchau, Alexander; Edwards, Mark J.; Bhatia, Kailash P.
- Book ID
- 121214344
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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