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GAB Aergic Changes in 11C-Flumazenil PET in the Drug-Naïve Stiff-Person Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Mi-Jung Kim ,
Young-Min Lim ,
Jae Seung Kim  and
Kwang Kuk Kim
Mi-Jung Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Young-Min Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jae Seung Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Kwang Kuk Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
*
Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Republic of Korea. email: [email protected]
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 91 - 93
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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