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Bálint syndrome caused by bilateral medial occipital infarcts

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  1. Division of Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Michel Godel, Radek Ptak, Armin Schnider & Nicolas Nicastro

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Michel Godel

  3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospitals, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0SP, UK

    Nicolas Nicastro

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Godel, M., Ptak, R., Schnider, A. et al. Bálint syndrome caused by bilateral medial occipital infarcts. Neurol Sci 39, 1813–1814 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3490-3

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