Spasmodic Dysphonia: Description of the Disease and Associated Neurologic Disorders
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Internacionais de Otorrinolaringologia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1809-4872,1809-4856
DOI: 10.7162/s1809-48722010000200003