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Pallido-pyramidal syndrome with blepharospasm and good response to levodopa

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    Trilochan Srivastava, Vinay Goyal, Sumit Singh, Garima Shukla & Madhuri Behari

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Srivastava, T., Goyal, V., Singh, S. et al. Pallido-pyramidal syndrome with blepharospasm and good response to levodopa. J Neurol 252, 1537–1538 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0852-6

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