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Neurological picture
Vertebral artery dissection presenting as cerebellar infarction
  1. PETER J A HUTCHINSON,
  2. JOHN D PICKARD
  1. Department of Neurosurgery
  2. Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. Mr Peter Hutchinson, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Box 167, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
  1. J NICHOLAS P HIGGINS
  1. Department of Neurosurgery
  2. Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. Mr Peter Hutchinson, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge, Box 167, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.68.1.98

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