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Disequilibrium and gait disorders in older people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Robert W Baloh
Robert W Baloh*
Affiliation:
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
*
UCLA Department of Neurology, PO Box 951769, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1769, USA.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 41 - 48
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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