Electrode Coupling Media for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
Authored by Vladimir Kaye, MD, Consulting Staff, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Hoag Hospital Coauthored by Murray E Brandstater, MBBS, PhD, Chairman and Program Director, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University School of Medicine Edited by Virginia Simson Nelson, MD, MPH, Chief, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0004-9514
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(14)60680-2