Startle syndromes

The Lancet Neurology - Tập 5 - Trang 513-524 - 2006
Mirte J Bakker1,2, J Gert van Dijk3, Arn MJM van den Maagdenberg3,4, Marina AJ Tijssen1
1Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
4Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

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