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[Basic principles in relation to the normal and the pathologic electromyogram].

L VAN DEN BULCKE
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L VAN DEN BULCKE. 1963-07-15. [Basic principles in relation to the normal and the pathologic electromyogram].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13996006/

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