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Kefalopoulou, Z., Zrinzo, L., Aviles-Olmos, I. et al. Deep brain stimulation as a treatment for chorea-acanthocytosis. J Neurol 260, 303–305 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6714-0
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