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Globus pallidus internus stimulation in spino-cerebellar ataxia type 3

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The authors would like to thank the following: Ray Cooke for copyediting the manuscript; Bastien Ribot for his help with the figure; Jean-René Cazalets, director of the gait platform analysis, INCIA CNRS UMR 5287, University of Bordeaux, France.

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Aupy, J., Chaumont, H., Bestaven, E. et al. Globus pallidus internus stimulation in spino-cerebellar ataxia type 3. J Neurol 265, 1714–1716 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-8922-8

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