Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 240-242 , February 2010

Role of an electronic armband in motor function monitoring in patients with Parkinson's disease

  • Emanuele Cereda, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • International Center for the Assessment of Nutritional Status (ICANS), Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche (DISTAM), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
    • Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-02-503-16079; fax: +39-02-503-16077.
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  • Gianni Pezzoli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Michela Barichella, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Parkinson Institute, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy

Received 5 March 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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 This study was supported by the Fondazione Grigioni per il morbo di Parkinson (Milan, Italy).

PII: S0899-9007(09)00249-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.003

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 240-242 , February 2010

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