Dicionario de neurociencias

A DICTIONARY
OF NEUROLOGICAL SIGNS
SECOND EDITION

A DICTIONARY OF
NEUROLOGICAL SIGNS
SECOND EDITION

A.J. LARNER
MA, MD, MRCP(UK), DHMSA
Consultant Neurologist
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool
Honorary Lecturer in Neuroscience, University of Liverpool
Society of Apothecaries’ Honorary Lecturer in the
History of Medicine, University of Liverpool
Liverpool, U.K.

A.J. Larner, MA, MD, MRCP(UK), DHMSA
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Liverpool, UK

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005927413
ISBN-10: 0-387-26214-8
ISBN-13: 978-0387-26214-7
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