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Musical hallucinations after pontine ischemia: the auditory Charles Bonnet syndrome?

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Martin Dinges & Thomas Riemer

  2. Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Theresa Schubert & Harald Prüss

  3. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Berlin, Germany

    Harald Prüss

  4. Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Harald Prüss

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Dinges, M., Riemer, T., Schubert, T. et al. Musical hallucinations after pontine ischemia: the auditory Charles Bonnet syndrome?. J Neurol 260, 2678–2680 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-7114-9

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