A healthy patient who suddenly developed a foot-drop
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Dystonic drop foot gait in a patient with manganism.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.893.181