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The Neurological Examination and Diagnostic Tests |
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Eye Disease and Visual Disturbances |
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Disturbances of Hearing, Balance, Smell, and Taste |
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David J. Anschel, MD is Director of Clinical Neurophysiology at St. Charles Hospital , Port Jefferson, NY, Staff Physician at American Neuromonitoring Associates, Columbia , MD and a Guest Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton , NY