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Yoshitaka Tomoda1, Satoshi Kagawa1, Satoshi Kurata1
1Department of General Medicine Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital Fukuoka Japan.
Journal of General and Family Medicine
|March 31, 2018
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A-68-year-old male was admitted due to tetanus without apparent history of trauma. Trismus was observed on admission and was improved after treatment.
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