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Task-specific focal chin tremor in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: is it an isolated phenomenon or a part of parkinsonism?

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (NRF-2017R1D1A1B06028086).

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  1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Mary’s Hospital, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea

    Sang-Won Yoo, Myungah Lee, Seong Hee Ho, Kwang-Soo Lee & Joong-Seok Kim

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Yoo, SW., Lee, M., Ho, S.H. et al. Task-specific focal chin tremor in idiopathic Parkinson’s disease: is it an isolated phenomenon or a part of parkinsonism?. Neurol Sci 40, 649–651 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3627-4

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