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Paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia due to GLUT1 mutation can be responsive to levodopa: a case report

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  1. Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Francesca Baschieri

  2. Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London (UCL), NHNN, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Amit Batla, Roberto Erro, Christos Ganos & Kailash P. Bhatia

  3. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, NHNN, Queen Square, London, UK

    Carla Cordivari

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Baschieri, F., Batla, A., Erro, R. et al. Paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia due to GLUT1 mutation can be responsive to levodopa: a case report. J Neurol 261, 615–616 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7250-x

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