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Tamoxifen administration and the risk of Parkinsonism

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  1. Service de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Centre de PharmacoVigilance, de Pharmacoépidémiologie et d’Informations sur le Médicament, CIC INSERM 1436, NeuroToul Centre of Excellence in Neurodegeneration, INSERM UMR 1027, Faculté de Médecine de l’Université de Toulouse and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    François Montastruc, Agnès Sommet & Jean-Louis Montastruc

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Farzin Khosrow-Khavar & Christel Renoux

  3. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Christel Renoux

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Montastruc, F., Khosrow-Khavar, F., Sommet, A. et al. Tamoxifen administration and the risk of Parkinsonism. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 75, 135–136 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-018-2554-x

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