Painless Foot Drop: An Atypical Etiology of a Common Presentation
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Painless foot drop: an atypical etiology of a common presentation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Physician
سال: 2002
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2002/5/419