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Lateral medullary infarction masquerading as involvement of spinal cord

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  1. Department of Neurology, Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, 2-1-1 Higashi-Tsukurimichi, Aomori, Aomori, 030-8553, Japan

    Tomoya Kon, Haruo Nishijima, Rie Haga, Yukihisa Funamizu, Tatsuya Ueno, Akira Arai, Chieko Suzuki, Jin-ichi Nunomura, Masayuki Baba & Masahiko Tomiyama

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Kon, T., Nishijima, H., Haga, R. et al. Lateral medullary infarction masquerading as involvement of spinal cord. Neurol Sci 36, 1937–1938 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2286-y

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