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Lateral Medullary Syndrome Presenting with Ataxia and Bradycardia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

T.E. Gofton*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
O.R. Segal
Affiliation:
The Heart Hospital, University College London, London, UK
A.C. Skanes
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
J.A. Fraser
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
H.C. Hyson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
*
7th Floor - University Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windemere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2009

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