Historical and Clinical Perspectives of the Expanded Disability Status Scale
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Historical and clinical perspectives of the expanded disability status scale.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuroepidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1423-0208,0251-5350
DOI: 10.1159/000136645