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01-02-2012 | Letter to the Editors

Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Authors: Miki Suzuki, Yuko Shimizu, Megumi Takeuchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Makoto Iwata, Shinichiro Uchiyama

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 2/2012

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Title: Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with primary Sjögren’s syndrome
Authors: Miki Suzuki
Yuko Shimizu
Megumi Takeuchi
Masaki Kobayashi
Makoto Iwata
Shinichiro Uchiyama
Publication date: 01-02-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6160-4

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