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Amantadine in parkinsonian patients unresponsive to levodopa: a pilot study

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  1. Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Marcelo Merello

  2. Ia Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Università La Sapienza, v. dell'Università 30, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    Carlo Colosimo & Francesco E. Pontieri

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Colosimo, C., Merello, M. & Pontieri, F.E. Amantadine in parkinsonian patients unresponsive to levodopa: a pilot study. J Neurol 243, 422–425 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869004

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