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Drug-induced parkinsonism: prevalence, clinical features and follow-up study in three Sicilian communities

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  1. Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, I-98100, Messina, Italy

    Letterio Morgante, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Antonio Epifanio & Raoul Di Perri

  2. Institute of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Messina, I-98100, Messina, Italy

    Antonio E. Di Rosa

  3. Department of Systemic Pathology, Medical School, University of Naples, I-80100, Naples, Italy

    Giovanni Savettieri

  4. Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Palermo, I-90100, Palermo, Italy

    Giuseppe Salemi

  5. Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Catania, I-95100, Catania, Italy

    Arturo Reggio & Francesco Patti

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Morgante, L., Di Rosa, A.E., Savettieri, G. et al. Drug-induced parkinsonism: prevalence, clinical features and follow-up study in three Sicilian communities. J Neurol 243, 293–301 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00868529

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