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Late Onset Pompe Disease Mimicking Rigid Spine Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Francis B. Panosyan*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Michael F. Fitzpatrick
Affiliation:
Division of Respirology, Department of Internal Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Charles F. Bolton
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*
Connell 7, Division of Neurology, Kingston General Hospital, 76 Stuart St., Kingston, Ontario, K7L 2V7, Canada. Email: 4fbp@queensu.ca.
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

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