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Investigating the bias of space representations in patients with stroke
  1. M Rousseaux1,
  2. J Honoré2
  1. 1Service de Rééducation Neurologique and EA 2691, Hôpital Swynghedauw, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Lille, France
  2. 2CNRS UMR 8160, Université Lille 2, CHRU, Lille, France
  1. Correspondence to:
 M Rousseaux
 Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Swynghedauw, CHRU, 59037 Lille Cedex, France; mrousseaux{at}chru-lille.fr

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102913

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