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Brainstem atrophy on routine MR study in pallidopontonigral degeneration

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  1. Jerzy L. Slowinski

    Present address: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical University of Silesia, Bytom, Poland

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  1. Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA

    Jerzy L. Slowinski, Katherine J. Schweitzer, Akiko Imamura, Ryan J. Uitti, Audrey J. Strongosky & Zbigniew K. Wszolek

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Dennis W. Dickson

  3. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Daniel F. Broderick

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Slowinski, J.L., Schweitzer, K.J., Imamura, A. et al. Brainstem atrophy on routine MR study in pallidopontonigral degeneration. J Neurol 256, 827–829 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5013-x

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