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Stroke chameleon (cortical hand syndrome) in a patient with moderate carotid stenosis: a neurological double-trouble

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Elisa Giorli edited the manuscript for non-intellectual content.

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  1. E. Giorli, A. Chiti, G. Celoria, A. Ciarmiello and M. Del Sette contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Unit of Neurology, Sant’ Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy

    Giorli E.

  2. Unit of Neurology, Apuane Hospital, Massa, Nord West Tuscany, Italy

    Chiti A.

  3. Unit of Vascular Surgery, Sant’ Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy

    Celoria G.

  4. Unit of Nuclear Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy

    Ciarmiello A.

  5. Unit of Neurology, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy

    Del Sette M.

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Elisa Giorli and Alberto Chiti: acquisition, interpretation of data, write, and supervision of paper Massimo Del Sette, Ciarmiello Andrea, and Giovanni Maria Celoria: critical revision of manuscript for intellectual content

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Giorli, E., Chiti, A., Celoria, G. et al. Stroke chameleon (cortical hand syndrome) in a patient with moderate carotid stenosis: a neurological double-trouble. Neurol Sci 39, 1125–1127 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3249-x

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