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Gait and bilateral limb ataxia as isolated feature of a lower midbrain tegmental infarction

A clinical-MRI study

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  1. Dept. of Neuroscience, First Division of Neurology, University of Turin, Via Cherasco (15), 10126, Torino, Italy

    Paolo Cerrato, Alessandra Lentini, Rossella Colonna, Giovanni Bosco, Eleonora Destefanis & Mariagiovanna Caprioli

  2. Dept. of Neuroscience, Service of Neuroradiology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

    Mauro Bergui

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Cerrato, P., Lentini, A., Colonna, R. et al. Gait and bilateral limb ataxia as isolated feature of a lower midbrain tegmental infarction. J Neurol 255, 290–291 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0506-3

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