Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , January 2005

Body mass index is reduced early in Parkinson's Disease

Received 30 March 2004 ,Revised 8 July 2004 ,Accepted 8 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.07.001

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , January 2005

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