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38 - Treatment of Blepharospasm With Eyelid-Opening Apraxia

from Section II - Botulinum Toxin Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2018

By
Rainer Laskawi  and
Dirk Dressler
Edited by
Dirk Dressler ,
Eckart Altenmüller  and
Joachim K. Krauss
Dirk Dressler
Affiliation:
Hannover Medical School
Eckart Altenmüller
Affiliation:
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, Hannover
Joachim K. Krauss
Affiliation:
Hannover Medical School
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Treatment of Dystonia , pp. 185 - 188
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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