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Hiroko Hori1, Satoshi Yamashita1, Nozomu Tawara1

  • 1Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
|August 26, 2014
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Keywords:
Chronic denervationClinical characteristicsF-wave abnormalityJapanese casesMotor neuron diseaseSporadic inclusion body myositis

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