Psychotic complications of long term levodopa treatment of Parkinson's disease
โ Scribed by L. Rampello; R. Raffaele; P. Furnari; I. Vecchio; M. Malaguarnera
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 297 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-4943
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