Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 4 , Pages 265-274 , May 2010

Falls and gait disorders in geriatric neurology

  • Hubertus Axer

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    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3641 9323454; fax: +49 3641 9323402.
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  • Martina Axer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, D-07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Heinrich Sauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, D-07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Otto W. Witte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
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  • Georg Hagemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany

Received 25 February 2009 ,Revised 17 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 December 2009.

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Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
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