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Quantitative assessment of spasticity in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

✍ Scribed by J. R. Zunt; S. M. Montano; J. O. V. Alarcón; W. T. Longstreth; R. Price; K. K. Holmes

Book ID
111739332
Publisher
Springer US
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
99 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
1355-0284

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