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Editorial

High doses of incobotulinumtoxinA for the treatment of post-stroke spasticity: are they safe and effective?

Andrea SantamatoPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Section-‘OORR Hospital’, University of Foggia, Foggia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maurizio RanieriPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Section-‘OORR Hospital’, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Vincenzo SolfrizziGeriatric Medicine-Memory Unit and Rare Disease Centre, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Madia LozuponeNeurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Michele VecchioDepartment of Medical Sciences, UOC Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AOU ‘O.V.E-Policlinico’, Catania, Italy
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Antonio DanieleInstitute of Neurology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Antonio GrecoGerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Foggia, Italy
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Davide SeripaGerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Foggia, Italy
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Giancarlo LogroscinoNeurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy;Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, ‘Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico’, Lecce, Italy
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Francesco PanzaNeurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy;Gerontology-Geriatrics Research Laboratory, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Foggia, Italy;Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, ‘Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico’, Lecce, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 843-846 | Received 22 Feb 2016, Accepted 02 Jun 2016, Published online: 17 Jun 2016

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