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  1. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA

    Manisha Yedla

  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 92405, USA

    Daniel V. Lazzareschi

  3. Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA

    Jonathan D. Santoro

  4. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, 730 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    Jonathan D. Santoro

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Yedla, M., Lazzareschi, D. & Santoro, J.D. Edwin Bickerstaff (1920–2008). J Neurol 264, 619–620 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8286-x

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