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The clinical syndrome variously called benign myalgic encephalomyelitis, Iceland disease and epidemic neuromyasthenia

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    The expenses of the study have been defrayed in part by a grant from the Wallace Laboratories, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

    Present address: Department of Medicine Central Office, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

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