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Rigidity and spasms from autoimmune encephalomyelopathies: Stiff-person syndrome

✍ Scribed by Alberto J. Espay; Robert Chen

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 274 KB
Volume: 34
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20653

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