Neurological sign: Hoover's sign

Practical Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-53

  Stone, Jon ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951892773     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-7766.2001.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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