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Isolated bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia due to lacunar infarction

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Jiang, Z., Wang, W. Isolated bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia due to lacunar infarction. Neurol Sci 39, 795–796 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3199-8

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