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Pathological laughter as onset symptom in atypical parkinsonisms

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    Anna De Rosa, Silvio Peluso, Francesco Saccà, Maria Lieto, Alessandro Filla & Giuseppe De Michele

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De Rosa, A., Pappatà, S., Peluso, S. et al. Pathological laughter as onset symptom in atypical parkinsonisms. J Neurol 264, 182–184 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8351-5

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