The prolonged cortical silent period in patients with Huntington's disease
✍ Scribed by N Modugno; A Currà; M Giovannelli; A Priori; F Squitieri; S Ruggieri; M Manfredi; A Berardelli
- Book ID
- 119605950
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 497 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1388-2457
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