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01-05-2012 | Letter to the Editor

Uncertainty, misunderstanding and the pedunculopontine nucleus

Response to letter by Mazzone et al.

Authors: Iciar Aviles-Olmos, Thomas Foltynie, Jalesh Panicker, Dorothy Cowie, Patricia Limousin, Marwan Hariz, Clare J. Fowler, Ludvic Zrinzo

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 5/2012

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We appreciate the opportunity to expand on the topics raised in the correspondence from Rome. …

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Title: Uncertainty, misunderstanding and the pedunculopontine nucleus
Response to letter by Mazzone et al.
Authors: Iciar Aviles-Olmos
Thomas Foltynie
Jalesh Panicker
Dorothy Cowie
Patricia Limousin
Marwan Hariz
Clare J. Fowler
Ludvic Zrinzo
Publication date: 01-05-2012
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1315-3

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