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Peripheral-type facial palsy as an initial symptom of lateral medullary infarction

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  1. Department of Neurology, Chiba Rosai Hospital, 2-16 Tatsumidai-Higashi, Ichihara-shi, Chiba, 290-0003, Japan

    Minori Watanabe & Akiyuki Hiraga

  2. Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Satoshi Kuwabara

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Watanabe, M., Hiraga, A. & Kuwabara, S. Peripheral-type facial palsy as an initial symptom of lateral medullary infarction. Acta Neurol Belg 122, 851–853 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-01902-7

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