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Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for chorea-acanthocytosis

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  1. Unit of Functional Neurosurgery, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, BOX 146, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Zinovia Kefalopoulou, Ludvic Zrinzo, Iciar Aviles-Olmos, Marjan Jahanshahi, Patricia Limousin, Marwan Hariz & Thomas Foltynie

  2. Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UK

    Ludvic Zrinzo

  3. Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, BOX 146, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Kailash Bhatia

  4. National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, 33 Queen Square, BOX 146, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Paul Jarman

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Kefalopoulou, Z., Zrinzo, L., Aviles-Olmos, I. et al. Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for chorea-acanthocytosis. J Neurol 260, 303–305 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6714-0

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