Transcranial magnetic stimulation: Its Current Role in the Evaluation of Patients Post-Stroke

Neurology Report

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 82-93

  Ziemann, Ulf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0011734839     PISSN: 1085049X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01253086-200024030-00003     Document Type: Article

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