Effectiveness of Customised Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy in Unilateral and Bilateral Vestibular Lesion Patients
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2230-8598
DOI: 10.5530/ijmedph.2018.3.22