Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 249-251 , May 2010

Hiccups in Parkinson’s disease: An overlooked non-motor symptom?

Received 28 October 2009 ,Revised 5 December 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, Eng-King Tan.

PII: S1353-8020(09)00308-3

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.12.004

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 249-251 , May 2010

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