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Attacks of pain in the leg from classic syringomyelia
  1. J VAN GIJN,
  2. P C L M GIESBERGEN,
  3. T U HOOGENRAAD
  1. University Department of Neurology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  1. Professor J van Gijn, University Department of Neurology, University Hospital, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.63.3.410

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