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Fabrizio Stocchi1, Giovanni Abbruzzese2, Roberto Ceravolo2

  • 1From the Institute of Neurology (F.S.), IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome; Section of Neurology (G.A.), DINOGMI, University of Genoa; Department of Neuroscience (R.C.), University of Pisa; IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Boulogne (P.C.), Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Boulogne; Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences (M.D.), University of Palermo; Parkinson Operative Unit (M.F.D.P.), San Raffaele Institute, Cassino (FR); Department of Neurology and Psychiatry (G.F.), and IRCSS Neuromed, La Sapienza University of Rome; Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Unit (C.P.), IRCCS Neurological National Institute C. Mondino, Pavia; Parkinson Institute (G.P., M.C.), I.C.P., Milan; Department of Neurology (A.T.), Second University of Naples; LB Research (C.I.), Cantù (CO); and Department G.F. Ingrassia (M.Z.), Neurosciences Area, University of Catania, Italy. fabrizio.stocchi@sanraffaele.it.

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