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Rigidity and HyperCKemia as Presenting Signs of Hashimoto's Encephalopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Bojan Rugole*
Affiliation:
General Hospital Dr. Josip Benčević, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, Email: rugole.b@gmail.com
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Abstract

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Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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