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Sustained improvement in a patient with young onset Parkinson’s disease after the arrival of a pet dog

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    Nekisa Zakeri & Peter G. Bain

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Zakeri, N., Bain, P.G. Sustained improvement in a patient with young onset Parkinson’s disease after the arrival of a pet dog. J Neurol 257, 1396–1397 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5510-y

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