Stiff person syndrome with eye movement abnormality, myasthenia gravis, and thymoma
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Eye movement abnormalities in stiff person syndrome.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.036558