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Conjugate downward and upward vertical gaze palsy due to unilateral rostral midbrain infarction

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Pothalil, D., Gille, M. Conjugate downward and upward vertical gaze palsy due to unilateral rostral midbrain infarction. J Neurol 259, 779–782 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6263-y

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