Slowly progressive cranial nerve palsies

Warner, Giles C; Gandhi, Mitesh; Panizza, Benidict

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00423.x

Topics

Skin and connective tissue diseases

Nervous system diseases

Neoplasms

Clinical records

1 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
2 Queensland X-Ray, Brisbane, QLD.
3 Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: bpanizza@bigpond.net.au

Acknowledgements:

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the neurosurgical, plastic surgery and radiology departments of the Mater Private Hospital, Queensland X-ray and the Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, for their involvement in these complex cases.

Competing interests:

None identified.

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