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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct;13(4):422-423.
doi: 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.422. Epub 2017 Aug 1.

Hemiatrophy of the Tongue with Contralateral Hemiparesis in a Patient with Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensory and Motor Neuropathy

Susumu Ikenoshita #  1 , Satoshi Yamashita #  2 , Tetsuro Sakamoto  1 , Yohei Misumi  1 , Yukio Ando  1
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Case Reports

Hemiatrophy of the Tongue with Contralateral Hemiparesis in a Patient with Multifocal Acquired Demyelinating Sensory and Motor Neuropathy

Susumu Ikenoshita et al. J Clin Neurol. 2017 Oct.
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The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Clinical data of the patient with MADSAM. A: Left-side hemiatrophy of the tongue with fasciculation. B and C: Coronal T2-weighted MRI images of the cervical (B) and lumbar (C) roots. D: Axial T2-weighted MRI image of the brain. E: Findings of a nerve conduction study of the right tibial nerve.
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