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01-05-2020 | Dystonia | Letter to the Editor

Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease may share the mechanisms of dystonia

Authors: Yasushi Shimo, Taku Hatano, Mayu Sakurai, Satoko Sekimoto, Selly Marisdina, Nobutaka Hattori

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Title: Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease may share the mechanisms of dystonia
Authors: Yasushi Shimo
Taku Hatano
Mayu Sakurai
Satoko Sekimoto
Selly Marisdina
Nobutaka Hattori
Publication date: 01-05-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Dystonia
Parkinson's Disease
Levodopa
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04155-0