A patient with abrupt left sided palsy but an incidental finding on brain MRI.
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Submitted by: Farzad Fatehi, MD, Mohammad Zare, MD, Mohammad Saadatnia, MD. From Departments of Neurology and Neurosciences Research Center (Fatehi, Saadatnia, Zare), and Medical Education Research Center (Fatehi, Saadatnia), Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran. Address correspondence to: Dr. Farzad Fatehi, Resident of Neurology, Neurology Department, Alzahra Hospital, Sofeh Street 81744, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Tel. +98 9133186330. E-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neurosciences
دوره 13 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008