Gait disorders

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 133-143

  Dietz, V ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84872309163     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52901-5.00012-5     Document Type: Chapter

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