‘Why do children with cerebral palsy discontinue therapy with botulinum toxin A?’
✍ Scribed by Michaela Linder-Lucht MD; Janbernd Kirschner; Jochen Herrmann; Katrin Geth; Rudolf Korinthenberg; Steffen Berweck; Florian Heinen; Volker Mall
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 402 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1622
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