Drooling in Patients with Cerebral Palsy: The Effectiveness of Botulinum Toxin A Treatment
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric pharmacology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1727-5776
DOI: 10.15690/pf.v12i4.1420