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Medulla oblongata injury caused by an acupuncture needle; warning for serious complications due to a common method of alternative medicine

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Stroke Unit, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22 Higashigotannda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan

    Syunsuke Fukaya, Toshikazu Kimura & Akio Morita

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Shigeo Sora

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Fukaya, S., Kimura, T., Sora, S. et al. Medulla oblongata injury caused by an acupuncture needle; warning for serious complications due to a common method of alternative medicine. J Neurol 258, 2093–2094 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6072-3

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