Limb dystonia

Handbook of Dystonia

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-178

  Karp, Barbara I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

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