A Positive ‘Pointing Test’ in a Parkinson’s Disease Patient
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Heidemarie Zacha,b, Wieneke L.J. Gerritsc, Bart P. van de Warrenburga,∗ and Bastiaan R. Bloema aRadboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Neurology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands bDepartment of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria cDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre for Psychotherapy, Pro PersonaMental Health Care, Lunteren, The Netherlands
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