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Levodopa-responsive Holmes head titubation caused by midbrain cavernoma hemorrhage

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The authors wish to thank Ana Teresa Mota and Marta Miguel Mota for their technical support.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Sofia Maldonado Slootjes & André Peeters

  2. Department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Thierry Lejeune

  3. Department of Radiology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Thierry Duprez

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Tévi Morel Lawson

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All authors contributed to the patient’s care. Video footage was collected by Sofia Maldonado Slootjes. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Sofia Maldonado Slootjes and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Slootjes, S.M., Lejeune, T., Duprez, T. et al. Levodopa-responsive Holmes head titubation caused by midbrain cavernoma hemorrhage. Neurol Sci 42, 381–382 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04627-8

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