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Motor Cortex and Spinal Degeneration in Multisystem Atrophy: A Multimodal Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Taim Muayqil
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
K. Ming Chan
Affiliation:
Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation/Centre for Neuroscience, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Richard Camicioli
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Chris Hanstock
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
John Wong
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Luis Concha
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Christian Beaulieu
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Wendy Johnston
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Paul Stenerson
Affiliation:
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sanjay Kalra*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
*
2E3.18 Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, University of Alberta Hopsital, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2008

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