Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 126-128 , March 2007

Pisa syndrome as a motor complication of Parkinson's disease

  • Joong-Seok Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jeong-Wook Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung-Woo Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Yeong-In Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hee-Tae Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Soo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Kangnam St. Mary Hospital, #505, Banpodong, Seochogu, Seoul, 137-701, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +8225902091; fax: +8225999686.

Received 25 January 2006 ,Revised 21 March 2006 ,Accepted 27 March 2006.

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PII: S1353-8020(06)00080-0

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2006.03.010

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 126-128 , March 2007

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