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Unusual neurological manifestation of severe digitoxin intoxication with bilateral ballism and visual hallucinations

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Lippe-Detmold Hospital, Röntgenstr. 18, 32756, Detmold, Germany

    Andreas Holstein, Ahmad Hassan & Olaf M. Patzer

  2. Department of Neurology, Lippe-Lemgo Hospital, Lemgo, Germany

    Matthias Rohde

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Holstein, A., Hassan, A., Patzer, O.M. et al. Unusual neurological manifestation of severe digitoxin intoxication with bilateral ballism and visual hallucinations. Aging Clin Exp Res 27, 391–393 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-014-0289-9

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