Case 20-2021: A 69-Year-Old Man with Ataxia.

N Engl J Med

From the Departments of Neurology (V.K., C.M.G.) and Pathology (J.H.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital (M.G.), and the Departments of Neurology (V.K., C.M.G.), Radiology (M.G.), and Pathology (J.H.), Harvard Medical School - all in Boston.

Published: July 2021

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