Clinical Reasoning: An 81-year-old woman with decreased consciousness and fluctuating right facial droop
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A 71 year old man with right sided facial droop.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009410