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Rabbit syndrome associated with medullary compression by vertebral artery

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  1. Department of Neurology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, 06591, Republic of Korea

    Hyung-Eun Park, Ji-Eun Lee & Joong-Seok Kim

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Byung-chul Son

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Video segment 1: The patient had perioral tremor with a frequency of 2-Hz around the right side of the nose and upper lip. In addition, uvular and tongue deviation to the right side were also found. (WMV 31710 kb)

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Park, HE., Lee, JE., Son, Bc. et al. Rabbit syndrome associated with medullary compression by vertebral artery. Neurol Sci 37, 1167–1168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-016-2509-x

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