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Max J Hilz1, Ulrich Hoppe2, Sebastian Moeller1

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Schwabachanlage 6, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany.

Clinical Case Reports
|November 18, 2015
PubMed

Keywords:
Enzyme replacement therapyPompe diseasemuscle functionstapedius reflex testing

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