Hemidystonia caused by frontal cortical infarction.

Acta Neurol Belg

Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Centre, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia,

Published: September 2015

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