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Neurological picture
Involvement of the recurrent artery of Heubner with contralateral middle cerebral artery infarction
  1. Vijay K Sharma,
  2. Bernard P L Chan
  1. Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Singapore
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr V Sharma
 Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, 119074, Singapore; drvijay{at}singnet.com.sg

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2006.102046

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