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Chapter 24 - Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers as outcome measures in clinical trials for Parkinson's disease

from Section IV - Clinical Trials in Parkinson's Diease: Lessons, Controversies and Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Florida
Hubert H. Fernandez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alberto J. Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Susan H. Fox
Affiliation:
Toronto Western Hospital
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Parkinson's Disease
Current and Future Therapeutics and Clinical Trials
, pp. 249 - 264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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