Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 125-129 , February 2012

Hemiballismus: Current concepts and review

  • Jason S. Hawley

      Affiliations

    • MAJ MC US Army, Neurology/Movement Disorders, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 782 1661; fax: +1 301 762 2383.
    • ,
  • William J. Weiner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 S. Paca Street, 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, United States

Received 20 April 2011 ,Revised 16 August 2011 ,Accepted 19 August 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.08.015

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 125-129 , February 2012

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