The nature of excessive sleepiness and sudden sleep onset in Parkinson׳s disease
✍ Scribed by Távora, Daniel Gurgel Fernandes; de Bruin, Veralice Meireles Sales; Lopes Gama, Romulo; Lopes, Emily Mourão Soares; Jorge, Iago Farias; de Bruin, Pedro Felipe Carvalhedo
- Book ID
- 127009098
- Publisher
- GN1 Genesis Network
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 866 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1984-0063
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