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Neurological picture
Vasospastic amaurosis fugax
  1. Josef G Heckmann1,
  2. Charly Gaul1,
  3. Bernhard Neundörfer1,
  4. Joanna Harazny2,
  5. Georg Michelson2
  1. 1Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
  2. 2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Josef G. Heckmann, Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;
    josef.heckmann{at}neuro.imed.uni.erlangen.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.74.2.149

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