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Disequilibrium in Patients with Atherosclerosis; Relevance of Pontine Ischemic Rarefaction Neurol 51:570-573, Kwa,V.I.H.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract To examine the clinical relevance of isolated pontine hyperintense lesions (PHLs)on MRI in patients with atherosclerosis.We propose PHL as a cause of symptoms of disequilibrium in patients with atherosclerosis.Symptoms are probably elicited by dysfunction of the cortipontine fibers,the pontocerebral fibers,or the pontine nuclei.

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