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Neurological picture
Electrical injury to the brain
  1. Maeike Zijlmans1,
  2. Gabriel J E Rinkel2
  1. 1Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Maeike Zijlmans, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, hp. G.03.228, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; g.j.m.zijlmans{at}umcutrecht.nl

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-302993

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.