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Can Wernekink commissure syndrome and wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia be ascribed to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder?

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the patient and her family for the cooperation in this study. This study was supported by National Science Foundation of Zhejian (LY15H090019).

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Z-Y Z was involved in the study concept, literature search, data extraction, analysis and interpretation of the data, and drafting/revising the manuscript. W-A C was involved in the literature search, data extraction, analysis and interpretation of the data, and revising the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

    Zhangyu Zou

  2. Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Nanbaixiang Street, Ouhai District, Wenzhou, 325000, China

    Weian Chen

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Zou, Z., Chen, W. Can Wernekink commissure syndrome and wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia be ascribed to neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder?. Neurol Sci 38, 2053–2055 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3041-3

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