Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 190-193 , 15 March 2010

Wedge-shaped medullary lesions in multiple sclerosis

  • Wei Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Sonja Raven

      Affiliations

    • Neurointerventional and Imaging Services of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Jing-Shan Wu

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • William M. Carroll

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Frank L. Mastaglia

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Allan G. Kermode

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological disorders, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Department of Neurology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009, Perth, WA, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 93881865; fax: +61 8 93882149.

Received 17 August 2009 ,Revised 18 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)01008-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.017

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 290, Issue 1 , Pages 190-193 , 15 March 2010

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