How doctors think--and treat with botulinum toxin.
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A Sebastian Schroeder, Inga Koerte, Steffen Berweck, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Florian Heinen 1 Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, Dr von Hauner's Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 2 Institute of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 3 Specialist Centre for Paediatric Neurology, Epilepsy Centre for Children and Adolescents, Vogtareuth, Germany. Correspondence to: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Developmental medicine and child neurology
دوره 52 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010