Complicated recessive dystonia parkinsonism syndromes
✍ Scribed by Susanne A. Schneider; Kailash P. Bhatia; John Hardy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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## FIG. 1. High-field T2-weighted axial MRI. Small bilateral hyperintense lesions involving both the pallidum and putamen are shown.
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