Personality profile of the primary blepharospasm (BSP): An investigation using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

Xiaomin Liu1, Maolin He1, Wei Wang2

  • 1Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Neuroscience Letters
|February 9, 2020
PubMed
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