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01-09-2011 | Letter to the Editors

Late onset radiation-induced camptocormia

Authors: Dimitri Psimaras, Thierry Maisonobe, Sylvie Delanian, Delphine Leclercq, Timothée Lenglet, Loïc Feuvret, Damien Ricard, Khê Hoang-Xuan, Pierre-François Pradat

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 9/2011

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Title: Late onset radiation-induced camptocormia
Authors: Dimitri Psimaras
Thierry Maisonobe
Sylvie Delanian
Delphine Leclercq
Timothée Lenglet
Loïc Feuvret
Damien Ricard
Khê Hoang-Xuan
Pierre-François Pradat
Publication date: 01-09-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-5997-x

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