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The ‘right’ way or the best way to do the ankle jerk?
- Correspondence to Dr Chris Allen, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, 232 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8QE, UK; cmca100{at}cam.ac.uk
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The ‘right’ way or the best way to do the ankle jerk?
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- Accepted June 4, 2017
- First published July 25, 2017.
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April 19, 2018
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