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Peter H Weiss1,2, Jan Herzog3, Monika Pötter-Nerger4

  • 1Department of Neurology, University Hospital, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany.

Movement Disorders : Official Journal of the Movement Disorder Society
|April 28, 2015
PubMed
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PETParkinson's diseasedeep brain stimulationlocomotionmesencephalic locomotor regionmotor imagerypedunculopontine nucleus

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