Chapter 20 Posturography

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2003, Pages 295-336

  Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Visser, Jasper E ^a   Allum, John H J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77957087336     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(09)70168-6     Document Type: Article

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