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Neurological picture
An unusual “empty delta sign”
  1. L Deus-Silva1,
  2. B Voetsch1,2,
  3. A Nucci1,
  4. J A Maciel1,
  5. L R Caplan3
  1. 1Department of Neurology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
  2. 2Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  3. 3Department of Neurology, Division of Cerebrovascular Disease, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr L Deus-Silva
 Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6111, Cidade Universitána Zeferino Vaz, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2003.032052

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