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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 16, 2015 - Issue 5-6
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Bilateral motor and premotor cortex hypometabolism in a case of Mills syndrome

Carlo ScialòDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Genova, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Silvia MorbelliNuclear Medicine Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genova, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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Nicola GirtlerDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Genova, Italy
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Paola MandichDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genova and UOC Medical Genetics, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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Giovanni Luigi MancardiDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Genova, Italy
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Claudia CaponnettoDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Genova, Italy
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Flavio NobiliDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Genova, Italy
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Pages 414-417 | Received 04 Dec 2014, Accepted 23 Feb 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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