What neurologic disorder produces a syndrome of abnormal movements marked by de-struction of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain?
a. Guillain Barré syndrome
b. Parkinson disease
c. Poliomyelitis
d. Alzheimer gravis
ANS: B
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