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Sudden unexpected death in Parkinson’s disease: why do neuroscientists still ignore this condition?

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  1. Disciplina de Neurociência, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil

    Mariana B. Nejm & Fulvio A. Scorza

  2. Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil

    Mariana B. Nejm, Monica L. Andersen & Sergio Tufik

  3. Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

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Nejm, M.B., Andersen, M.L., Tufik, S. et al. Sudden unexpected death in Parkinson’s disease: why do neuroscientists still ignore this condition?. Neurol Sci 40, 413–414 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3581-1

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