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Moving chin left and right: levodopa induced dyskinesia in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3?
Lanxiao Cao1, Zhilin Zheng1, Guohua Zhao2
1Department of Neurology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, N1 Shangcheng Avenue, Yiwu, 322000, Zhejiang, China.
Acta Neurologica Belgica
|January 25, 2023
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