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Brainstem stroke presenting with uncontrollable laughter: be alert when nobody else is laughing

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  1. Department of Neurology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

    Tarig Abkur & Jonathan Cleaver

  2. Department of Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

    Naomi Festa & Gopinath Ramadurai

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Abkur, T., Cleaver, J., Festa, N. et al. Brainstem stroke presenting with uncontrollable laughter: be alert when nobody else is laughing. J Neurol 269, 6155–6157 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11219-3

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