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Degenerative cerebellar ataxia and focal dystonia

✍ Scribed by Dr. N. A. Fletcher; R. Stell; A. E. Harding; C. D. Marsden

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 491 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870030410

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✦ Synopsis

Eight patients with a variety of degenerative cerebellar ataxias are described in whom focal dystonia was a prominent presenting feature.

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