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Serial MRI of olivary hypertrophy: Long-term follow-up of a patient with the “top of the basilar” syndrome

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We describe a patient with the “top of the basilar” syndrome, in whom MRI documented the appearance and regression of olivary hypertrophy.

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  1. Division of Neurology Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University, 480-11, Nagakute Aichi, Japan

    S. Terao, G. Sobue, N. Shimada, M. Takahashi, Y. Tsuboi & T. Mitsuma

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Terao, S., Sobue, G., Shimada, N. et al. Serial MRI of olivary hypertrophy: Long-term follow-up of a patient with the “top of the basilar” syndrome. Neuroradiology 37, 427–428 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600080

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