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Subacute progressive ophthalmoplegia associated with dermatomyositis

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  1. First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan

    Satoshi Kono, Tomoyasu Bunai, Takashi Konishi, Kentaro Shirakawa & Hiroaki Miyajima

  2. Laboratory of Human Brain Imaging Research, Molecular Imaging Frontier Research Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Tatsuhiro Terada

  3. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Kumiko Shimoyama

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Kono, S., Bunai, T., Terada, T. et al. Subacute progressive ophthalmoplegia associated with dermatomyositis. J Neurol 259, 1982–1984 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6496-4

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