Botulinum toxin should be first-line treatment for poststroke spasticity

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Sheean, Geoffrey [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Neurosci, San Diego, CA 92103 USA
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QUALITY-OF-LIFE; STROKE; BENEFIT;
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10.1136/jnnp.2008.164889
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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