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Letter to the Editor| Volume 404, P66-67, September 15, 2019

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Deconstructing or reestablishing frontal gait in normal pressure hydrocephalus?

  • Eric Morel
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author at: University Clinic for Neurology, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 18, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
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    University Clinic for Neurology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

    Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Stéphane Armand
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    Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Willy Taillard Laboratory of Kinesiology, University Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Frédéric Assal
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    Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, University Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Gilles Allali
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    Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, University Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA
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      We greatly appreciate the insightful comments of Dr. Onder about our article “Is frontal gait a myth in normal pressure hydrocephalus?” [
      • Morel E.
      • Armand S.
      • Assal F.
      • Allali G.
      Is frontal gait a myth in normal pressure hydrocephalus?.
      ] and thank him for highlighting the need for a better understanding of the clinical features of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH).

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