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Two cases of early dystonia of the trunk in Parkinson’s disease

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Beretta, N., Roze, E., Breifel-Courbon, C. et al. Two cases of early dystonia of the trunk in Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol 262, 1579–1580 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7747-y

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