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01-06-2011 | Letter to the Editors

Localisation of the applause sign in a patient with acute bilateral lenticular infarction

Authors: Richard A. Walsh, Joe Duggan, Tim Lynch

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 6/2011

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Title: Localisation of the applause sign in a patient with acute bilateral lenticular infarction
Authors: Richard A. Walsh
Joe Duggan
Tim Lynch
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 6/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-5904-5

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