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Letter to the editor
The wisdom of neurologists
  1. Martin R Turner
  1. Correspondence to Dr Martin Turner, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, West Wing Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; martin.turner{at}ndcn.ox.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2013-000645

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    • Contributors MRT conceived the study and performed all analysis and writing.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Ethics approval None was sought.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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