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Posterior spinal artery infarction initially presenting as acute bilateral lower limb dystonia

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  1. Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 80754, Taiwan

    Kun-Han Wu, Ching-Fang Chien, Meng-Ni Wu, Chung-Yao Hsu, Chiou-Lian Lai & Li-Min Liou

  2. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Chung-Yao Hsu, Chiou-Lian Lai & Li-Min Liou

  3. Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Chiou-Lian Lai

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Wu, KH., Chien, CF., Wu, MN. et al. Posterior spinal artery infarction initially presenting as acute bilateral lower limb dystonia. Neurol Sci 40, 2197–2199 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-03955-8

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