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Botulinum Toxin Injection of the Flexor Digitorum Profundus: Are We Forgetting Something?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2024

Ahmad J. Abdulsalam*
Affiliation:
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait
Murat Kara
Affiliation:
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Bayram Kaymak
Affiliation:
Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: A. J. Abdulsalam; Email: dr.ahmad.j.abdulsalam@gmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor: Published Article
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation

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