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Levetiracetam in the treatment of vascular chorea: a case report

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  1. Dipartimento di Neurologia, Oftalmologia, Otorinolaringoiatria e Psichiatria, Università di Palermo, Via Gaetano La Loggia 1, 90129, Palermo, Italy

    Marco D’Amelio, Graziella Callari, Matilde Gammino, Valentina Saia, Innocenzo Lupo, Giuseppe Salemi, Paolo Ragonese & Giovanni Savettieri

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D’Amelio, M., Callari, G., Gammino, M. et al. Levetiracetam in the treatment of vascular chorea: a case report. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 60, 835–836 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-004-0842-0

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