Clinical Reasoning: A 73-year-old man with diplopia and ataxia.

Neurology

From the Departments of Neurology (H.V.G., R.W.L., K.S., T.V.), Radiology (R.S.), and Pathology (M.G.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.

Published: September 2015

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