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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2001 October; 71(4): 433–435.
PMCID: PMC1763522
Bickerstaff's encephalitis and the Miller Fisher syndrome
J Winer
University Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK. j.b.winer/at/bham.ac.uk
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