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What can Parkinson’s disease teach us about COVID-19?
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Affiliations- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, United States
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
COVID-19; amantadine; memantine; Parkinson’s disease
About this articleTitle
What can Parkinson’s disease teach us about COVID-19?
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editors
Pages
204-206
Published online
2020-04-23
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Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2020;54(2):204-206.
Keywords
COVID-19
amantadine
memantine
Parkinson’s disease
Authors
Philip W. Tipton
Zbigniew K. Wszolek
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