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A new twist on turning movements in Parkinson's disease patients

✍ Scribed by Mark G. Carpenter; Bastiaan R. Bloem

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 68 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23980

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✦ Synopsis

Turning around the body axis to see what is happening behind us is a common event in daily life. This

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