Central motor conduction and its clinical application

Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 83-103

  Hess, Christian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7506-7373-0.50009-2     Document Type: Chapter

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