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Benefit from jejunal levodopa in a patient with apomorphine pump

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  1. Department of Neurology, CBF, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Fabian Klostermann, Constanze Jugel & Frank Marzinzik

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Klostermann, F., Jugel, C. & Marzinzik, F. Benefit from jejunal levodopa in a patient with apomorphine pump. J Neurol 258, 311–312 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5698-x

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