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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006;77:718 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2005.084996
  • Neurological picture

Diagnosis at the tip of the tongue

  1. B M van der Sluijs,
  2. B R Bloem
  1. Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr B M van der Sluijs
 Department of Neurology (935), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; b.vandersluijs{at}neuro.umcn.nl
  • Received 25 November 2005
  • Accepted 1 December 2005
  • Revised 25 November 2005

A 21 year old woman presented with three episodes of transient loss of consciousness and generalised clonic limb jerking. Post-ictal neurological examination was normal, but there was a tongue bite with laceration on the lateral side, highly suggestive …

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