Maturational Changes Vis-à-Vis Neurophysiology Markers and the Development of Peripheral Nerves

Clinical Neurophysiology of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 146-167

  Pitt, Matthew ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78751665994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-7251-1.50011-3     Document Type: Chapter

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