Segment difficulty in two-stroke movements in patients with Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Miya K. Rand; Arend W. A. Van Gemmert; George E. Stelmach
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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