Comparison of the Kurtkze Expanded Disability Status Scale and the Functional Independence Measure: Measures of Multiple Sclerosis Related Disability
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comparison of the effects of cinnovex, rebif and betaferon on a expanded disability status scale of patients with multiple sclerosis
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2329-9096
DOI: 10.4172/2329-9096.1000285