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Cerebellar Syndrome in Chronic Cyclic Magnesium Depletion

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank to Dr. RP Lifton and Dr. UI Scholl for the genetic study performed at the Departments of Genetics and Internal Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.

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The author declares that he does not have relationships with companies relevant to the letter. The author did not receive funding or support from any source.

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    Luis Miguel Blasco

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Blasco, L.M. Cerebellar Syndrome in Chronic Cyclic Magnesium Depletion. Cerebellum 12, 587–588 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-012-0431-1

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