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Teaching video NeuroImages: painful legs and moving toes syndrome.
Justin T. Mhoon, MD Kaveer Nandigam, MD Vern C. Juel, MD A 37-year-old man developed involuntary and irregular abduction, adduction, and circumductive movements of the left toes 5 years ago. One year later, he developed similar movements of the right toes (video). The movements occurred at rest, could be voluntarily suppressed, and did not persist during sleep. He also described parallel onset ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9942
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.161