Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 57-63 , January 2005

Micrographia on free writing versus copying tasks in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Received 10 June 2004 ,Revised 22 July 2004 ,Accepted 8 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2004.08.005

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