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Anti-HMGCR myopathy misdiagnosed as motor neuron disease and complicated with COVID-19 infection

Authors: Andrea Barp, Daniele Velardo, Patrizia Ciscato, Valeria Ada Sansone, Christian Lunetta

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Title: Anti-HMGCR myopathy misdiagnosed as motor neuron disease and complicated with COVID-19 infection
Authors: Andrea Barp
Daniele Velardo
Patrizia Ciscato
Valeria Ada Sansone
Christian Lunetta
Publication date: 01-05-2021
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Diseases of the neuromuscular synapses and muscles
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Myopathy
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 5/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05146-w