Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 633-639 , 5 November 2009

Histopathological analysis of skeletal muscle in patients with Parkinson's disease and ‘dropped head’/‘bent spine’ syndrome

  • Hans-Jürgen Gdynia

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulm, Dept. of Neurology, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Anne-Dorte Sperfeld

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulm, Dept. of Neurology, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dept. of Neurology, HELIOS Klinikum Bad Saarow Pieskower Straße 33, 15526 Bad Saarow, Germany. Tel.: +49 33631 7 3882; fax: +49 33631 7 3095.
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  • Alexander Unrath

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulm, Dept. of Neurology, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Albert C. Ludolph

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulm, Dept. of Neurology, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Michael Sabolek

      Affiliations

    • EMA-University of Greifswald, Dept. of Neurology, Greifswald, Germany
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  • Alexander Storch

      Affiliations

    • Dresden University of Technology, Department of Neurology, Dresden, Germany
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  • Jan Kassubek

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulm, Dept. of Neurology, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 731 1771206; fax: +49 731 1771202.

Received 9 April 2009 ,Revised 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.06.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 15, Issue 9 , Pages 633-639 , 5 November 2009

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