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Mills’ syndrome: progressive hemiplegia with atrophy of unilateral cerebral peduncle and pontine base

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    Shang-Pei Wang, Fang-Cheng Xu & Xian-Wen Chen

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Wang, SP., Xu, FC. & Chen, XW. Mills’ syndrome: progressive hemiplegia with atrophy of unilateral cerebral peduncle and pontine base. Neurol Sci 36, 1487–1489 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2106-4

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