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Chorea in the Elderly with Mutation Positive Polycythemia Vera: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Hrishikesh Kumar ,
Paul Masiowski  and
Mandar Jog
Hrishikesh Kumar
Affiliation:
Movement Disorder Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, Canada
Paul Masiowski
Affiliation:
Movement Disorder Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, Canada
Mandar Jog*
Affiliation:
Movement Disorder Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, Canada
*
Movement Disorder Program, London Health Sciences Centre, 339, Windermere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 370 - 372
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