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Clinical aspects of gait disturbance in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

P Berman  and
SC O'Reilly
P Berman*
Affiliation:
City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
SC O'Reilly
Affiliation:
City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
*
P Berman, Consultant Physician, Health Care of the Elderly, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK.
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Rehabilitation
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 83 - 88
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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