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. 2021 May;36(5):1119-1124.
doi: 10.1002/mds.28560. Epub 2021 Mar 16.

Is Adult-Onset Dystonia a Rare Disease? Time for Population-Based Studies

Giovanni Defazio  1 , Alfredo Berardelli  2
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Is Adult-Onset Dystonia a Rare Disease? Time for Population-Based Studies

Giovanni Defazio et al. Mov Disord. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: dystonia; incidence; population-sample design; prevalence.

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