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Unilateral infarct in the posterior spinal artery territory presenting as a “clumsy hand”

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  1. Service de neurologie, Hôpital Beaujon, 100 Bd du Général Leclerc, 92110, Clichy, France

    C. Masson

  2. Departments of radiology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France

    J. M. Colombani

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Masson, C., Colombani, J.M. Unilateral infarct in the posterior spinal artery territory presenting as a “clumsy hand”. J Neurol 249, 1327–1328 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0801-6

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