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Camptocormia as an onset symptom of myasthenia gravis

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    Toko Sato, Takahiro Natori, Takanori Hata, Nobuo Yamashiro, Kazumasa Shindo & Yoshihisa Takiyama

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Sato, T., Natori, T., Hata, T. et al. Camptocormia as an onset symptom of myasthenia gravis. Neurol Sci 38, 515–516 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-016-2752-1

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