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Neurological picture
Glossoplegia in a small cortical infarction
  1. Sung-Sang Yoon,
  2. Key-Chung Park
  1. Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  1. Professor Key-Chung Park, Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee Medical Centre, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemoon-ku, Seoul, 130-702, Korea; kcpark67{at}medimail.co.kr

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2007.116376

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