Upper Limb Skin and Musculoskeletal Consequences of the Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome

Botulinum Toxin: Therapeutic Clinical Practice and Science

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 131-147

  Mayer, Nathaniel H ^a,b   Esquenazi, Alberto ^c,d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MossRehab   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 79952086804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-4928-9.00011-1     Document Type: Chapter

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