Locked-in syndrome: a case report.
A 46-year-old man developed a "locked-in" syndrome due to ventral pontine infarction. MRI showed abnormal signal intensity regions in the ventral pons. The EEG, BAEPs and SEPs were all within normal limits.
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Department of Neurology, KTU Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey.
Ilhan
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Ozmenoğlu
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Komsuoğlu
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