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On segment one, taken at the time of the first clinical assessment, we may observe finger to finger and heel to knee dysmetria. The patient presents an unstable, wide base gait, with severe difficulties on tandem walking. On segment two, three weeks after the first video was taken, the patient presents no limb dysmetria. She has a normal base gait and no difficulties on tandem walking (MPG 17192 kb)
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Cação, G., Fontes, S., Salgado, M. et al. Metronidazole-induced central and peripheral nervous system toxicity. Neurol Sci 36, 1737–1739 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2260-8
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