A 12-Year-Old Girl With Encephalopathy and Acute Flaccid Paralysis: A Neuropathological Correlation and Cohort Review.
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Young-Min Kim MD*, Anthony Orvedahl MD, PhD, Stephanie Morris MD , Robert Schmidt MD, Soe Mar MD Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology, Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric neurology
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017