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Research Article

Effects of hand-training in persons with myotonic dystrophy type 1 – a randomised controlled cross-over pilot study

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Pages 1798-1807 | Received 06 Jul 2012, Accepted 28 Nov 2012, Published online: 12 Mar 2013

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