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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 15, 2014 - Issue 7-8
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Brief Reports: Short Report

Width of 3rd ventricle determined by brain stem sonography does not distinguish bulbar motor syndromes

Andreas HermannDivision for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, Dresden University of Technology and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) DresdenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ulrike ReunerDepartment of Neurology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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Jochen SchaeferDepartment of Neurology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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Tordis LeimertDepartment of Neurology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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Alexander StorchDivision for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, Dresden University of Technology and German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden
Pages 618-620 | Received 18 Dec 2013, Accepted 17 Mar 2014, Published online: 16 May 2014

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