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Clonidine in the treatment of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis

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  1. Maryland Center for Multiple Sclerosis, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Omar A. Khan

  2. Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit, Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael J. Olek

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Maryland Hospital, 22 South Greene Street, 21201, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Omar A. Khan

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Khan, O.A., Olek, M.J. Clonidine in the treatment of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 242, 712–713 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00866925

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