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Rigidity and HyperCKemia as Presenting Signs of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Bojan Rugole
Bojan Rugole*
Affiliation:
General Hospital Dr. Josip Benčević, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, Email: [email protected]
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Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , September 2013 , pp. 753 - 754
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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