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Dramatic response to zonisamide of post-subarachnoid hemorrhage Holmes’ tremor

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  1. Divisions of Neurology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan

    S. Suda, M. Yamazaki, K. Katsura, T. Fukuchi, M. Ueda, H. Nagayama & Y. Katayama

  2. Department of Neurology, Fuchu-kei**kai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    S. Suda & T. Fukuchi

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Fuchu-kei**kai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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Suda, S., Yamazaki, M., Katsura, K. et al. Dramatic response to zonisamide of post-subarachnoid hemorrhage Holmes’ tremor. J Neurol 259, 185–187 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6127-5

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