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A smartphone camera reveals an ‘invisible’ Parkinsonian tremor: a potential pre-motor biomarker?

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  1. Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), University of Leeds, Level 10, Worsley Building, Clarendon Way, Leeds, LS2 9NL, UK

    Stefan Williams & Christopher D. Graham

  2. Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Hui Fang

  3. Department of Neurology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

    Jane Alty

  4. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

    Rami Qahwaji

  5. School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Jane Alty & Parisa Patel

  6. Department of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Christopher D. Graham

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Williams, S., Fang, H., Alty, J. et al. A smartphone camera reveals an ‘invisible’ Parkinsonian tremor: a potential pre-motor biomarker?. J Neurol 265, 3017–3018 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-9060-z

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