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Botulinum neurotoxin-A in a patient with post-stroke spasticity: a neurophysiological study

Safa Muntadher Fawzi
1
,
Farqad Bader Hamdan
1
,
Israa F. Jaafar
2
,
Gheyath Abd Ali Shallal Al Gawwam
3

  1. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
  2. Department of Dentistry, Al-Esraa University College, Baghdad, Iraq
  3. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
Folia Neuropathol 2023; 61 (4): 412-418
Online publish date: 2023/07/21
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