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CBD diagnostic criteria: exclusions as important as inclusions
  1. Irene Litvan1,
  2. Anthony E Lang2,3,
  3. Melissa Armstrong4
  1. 1 Neuroscience Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
  2. 2 Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. 3 Movement Disorders Clinic and the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  4. 4 Neurology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Irene Litvan, Neuroscience Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA; ilitvan{at}ucsd.edu

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