Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 705-707 , October 2007

Superficial siderosis due to a lumbar ependymoma mimicking adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia

Received 29 November 2006 ,Revised 26 April 2007 ,Accepted 29 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.04.015

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 705-707 , October 2007

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