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Isolated dysphagia due to dysfunction of central pattern generator in lateral medullary infarction

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  1. Department of Neurology, Saitama Medical University, 38 Morohongo Moroyama, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan

    Hitoshi Kawasaki, Takuya Fukuoka, Yoshihiko Nakazato, Naotoshi Tamura, Nobuo Araki & Toshimasa Yamamoto

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Dr. Hitoshi Kawasaki and Dr. Takuya Fukuoka were involved in study concept and design, collection of date, and drafting, reviewing, and critiquing the manuscript. Dr. Yoshihiko Nakazato was involved in study concept and design, collection of date, and drafting, reviewing, and critiquing the manuscript and supervision. Dr. Naotoshi Tamura, Dr. Nobuo Araki, and Dr. Toshimasa Yamamoto revised and critiqued the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Hitoshi Kawasaki.

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Kawasaki, H., Fukuoka, T., Nakazato, Y. et al. Isolated dysphagia due to dysfunction of central pattern generator in lateral medullary infarction. J Neurol 265, 2445–2447 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-018-9002-9

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