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Hypomagnesemia: a Treatable Cause of Ataxia with Cerebellar Edema

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  1. Ataxias and Spastic Paraplegias Unit, Department of Neurology, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Idoia Rouco Axpe

  2. Department of Neurology, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Plaza de Cruces s/n, 48903, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Idoia Rouco Axpe & Javier Almeida Velasco

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Jose Guillermo Barreiro Garcia

  4. Department of Nephrology, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Jose Manuel Urbizu Gallardo

  5. Department of Neuroradiology, Cruces University Hospital, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain

    Beatriz Mateos Goñi

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Rouco Axpe, I., Almeida Velasco, J., Barreiro Garcia, J.G. et al. Hypomagnesemia: a Treatable Cause of Ataxia with Cerebellar Edema. Cerebellum 16, 988–990 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-017-0873-6

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