prevalence of lhermitte's sign in multiple sclerosis versus neuromyelitis optica.

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masoud etemadifar department of neurology, isfahan neurosciences research center, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran.

noushin mehrbod department of neurology, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran.

leila dehghani department of medical sciences, school of medicine, islamic azad university, najafabad branch, isfahan, iran.

aryan golabbakhsh medical students' research center, school of medicine, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran.

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iranian journal of neurology

جلد ۱۳، شماره ۱، صفحات ۵۰-۵۱

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