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  • 1Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Severance Rehabilitation Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

Clinical Anatomy (New York, N.Y.)
|May 24, 2016
PubMed

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Sihler's methodbiceps femorisbotulinum toxinsmuscle spasticitysemimembranosussemitendinosus

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