Congenital Mirror Movements in a New Italian Family
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Congenital mirror movements.
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1 Movement Disorders Section, Neurology Unit, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 2 Neuroradiology Section, Clı́nica Villas Boas, Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 3 Neuroscience and Behaviour Laboratory, Institute of Biology, University of Brası́lia, DF, Brazil 4 Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada 5 Imeka Inc, 3000 boul. de l‘Unive...
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عنوان ژورنال: Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2330-1619
DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.12066