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Quantification of Rigidity in Parkinson’s Disease

✍ Scribed by Behrooz Sepehri; Ali Esteki; Esmaeal Ebrahimi-Takamjani; Golam-Ali Shahidi; Fatemeh Khamseh; Marzieh Moinodin

Book ID
118297883
Publisher
Springer
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
493 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0090-6964

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