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Clinical and functional outcome after alcohol neurolysis of the tibial nerve for ankle?foot spasticity

Karen S. G. Chua, Keng-He Kong Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Pages 733-739 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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