n-hexane neuropathy due to rubber cement sniffing
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عنوان ژورنال: Muscle & Nerve
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0148-639X,1097-4598
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199711)20:11<1445::aid-mus13>3.0.co;2-0