Benjamin Franklin, electricity, and the palsies: On the 300th anniversary of his birth

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1559-1563

  Finger, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTORY; MALE; PUBLIC FIGURE; UNITED STATES;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PARALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745392923     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000216159.60623.2b     Document Type: Article

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