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Spasticity

Raphael Rush and Dinesh Kumbhare
CMAJ April 07, 2015 187 (6) 436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140405
Raphael Rush
Department of Internal Medicine (Rush), University of Toronto; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and University of Toronto (Kumbhare), Toronto, Ont.
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Dinesh Kumbhare
Department of Internal Medicine (Rush), University of Toronto; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and University of Toronto (Kumbhare), Toronto, Ont.
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