The London handicap scale
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Measuring handicap: the London Handicap Scale, a new outcome measure for chronic disease.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.3.406