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. 2001 Oct;85(4):275–279. doi: 10.1136/adc.85.4.275

Therapeutic choices in the locomotor management of the child with cerebral palsy—more luck than judgement?

J Patrick 1, A Roberts 1, G Cole 1
PMCID: PMC1718941  PMID: 11567932

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