A case of Borrelia brainstem encephalitis presenting with severe dysphagia
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عنوان ژورنال: Rinsho Shinkeigaku
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0009-918X,1882-0654
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.265