Catatonic stupor in a case of pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis: Clinical and radiological dissociation
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Catatonic stupor in a case of pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis: clinical and radiological dissociation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.41821