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Neurological picture
A matter of taste
  1. T Theys1,2,
  2. K H Kho1,2,
  3. W Siemons3,
  4. V Thijs2
  1. 1
    Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  2. 2
    Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  3. 3
    Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  1. Dr T Theys, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; tom.theys{at}uz.kuleuven.be

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2008.161661

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