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“Anchor”-shaped bright posterior column in a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency myelopathy
  1. V K Paliwal1,
  2. H S Malhotra2,
  3. R N Chaurasia2,
  4. A Agarwal2
  1. 1
    Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
  2. 2
    Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, India
  1. Dr V K Paliwal, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India; dr_vimalkpaliwal{at}rediffmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.2008.076018

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    2009 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine