Reduced StartReact effect and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease: two of a kind?
✍ Scribed by Nonnekes, Jorik; Geurts, Alexander C. H.; Oude Nijhuis, Lars B.; van Geel, Karin; Snijders, Anke H.; Bloem, Bastiaan R.; Weerdesteyn, Vivian
- Book ID
- 125346991
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 374 KB
- Volume
- 261
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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