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An unusual initial presentation of Parkinson’s disease: unilateral standing leg tremor

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  1. Department of Neurology, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Jasem Yousef Al-Hashel & Walaa Ahmed Kamel

  2. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes, Hopital Laennec, Nantes, France

    Philippe Damier

  3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PMR Hospital, Andalous, Kuwait

    Ahmad Jasem Abdulsalam

  4. Department of Neurology, Beni-suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt

    Walaa Ahmed Kamel

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Al-Hashel, J.Y., Kamel, W.A., Damier, P. et al. An unusual initial presentation of Parkinson’s disease: unilateral standing leg tremor. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 415–416 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-0920-1

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