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Editorial commentary
Surgery for movement disorders: new applications?
  1. P Limousin-Dowsey,
  2. S Tisch
  1. Institute of Neurology, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 P Limousin-Dowsey
 Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, Box 146, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK; p.limousinion.ucl.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2004.062117

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