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Neurological picture
Pseudoperipheral tongue weakness
  1. Raffaele Iorio1,
  2. Marco Luigetti1,
  3. Aldobrando Broccolini1,
  4. Fabio Pilato1,
  5. Paolo Profice1,
  6. Giacomo Della Marca1,
  7. Roberta Morosetti1,
  8. Francesco Snider2,
  9. Vincenzo Di Lazzaro1
  1. 1Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  2. 2Vascular Surgery Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Professor Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, L.go F.Vito, 1, Rome 00168, Italy; vdilazzaro{at}rm.unicatt.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2009.186726

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