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Botulinum toxin type-A in the management of spastic equinovarus deformity after stroke

Comparison of 2 injection techniques

Ali H. Otom, Imad M. Al-Khawaja and Khalid W. Al-Quliti
Neurosciences Journal July 2014, 19 (3) 199-202;
Ali H. Otom
From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Jordanian Rehabilitation Center (Otom), King Hussain Medical City, Amman, Jordan, and the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Al-Khawaja, Al-Quliti), Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Monawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Imad M. Al-Khawaja
From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Jordanian Rehabilitation Center (Otom), King Hussain Medical City, Amman, Jordan, and the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Al-Khawaja, Al-Quliti), Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Monawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal Jordanian Rehabilitation Center (Otom), King Hussain Medical City, Amman, Jordan, and the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Al-Khawaja, Al-Quliti), Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Monawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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