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Parkinsonism and cognitive impairment due to a giant frontal arachnoid cyst and improving after shunting

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  1. Neurology Department, Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, 1 Avenue Dr G. Therasse, 5530, Yvoir, Belgium

    Eric Mormont & Stéphanie Dorban

  2. Institute Of NeuroScience, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Eric Mormont & Thierry Gustin

  3. Neurosurgery Department, Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, 5530, Yvoir, Belgium

    Thierry Gustin

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Mormont, E., Dorban, S. & Gustin, T. Parkinsonism and cognitive impairment due to a giant frontal arachnoid cyst and improving after shunting. Acta Neurol Belg 117, 347–349 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0632-3

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