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Neurological picture
An unusual case of thigh adductor weakness: obturator nerve ganglion
  1. A H Schwabegger,
  2. M Shafighi,
  3. R Gurunluoglu
  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Quality Control in Plastic Surgery, Leopold-Franzens University Clinic Innsbruck, Austria
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr A H Schwabegger
 Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; anton.schwabeggeruibk.ac.at

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2003.021030

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