A man with small vessel vasculitis presenting with brachial diplegia, multiple cranial mononeuropathies and severe orthostatic hypotension in diabetes mellitus: a case report

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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports

سال: 2013

ISSN: 1752-1947

DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-229