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. 2007 Aug;254(8):1138-9.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-006-0484-5. Epub 2007 Mar 14.

Differential diagnosis in ptosis and ophthalmoplegia: mitochondrial disease or myasthenia?

Roger G Whittaker, Andrew M Schaefer, Robert W Taylor, Douglass M Turnbull

PMID: 17361341
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0484-5

Differential diagnosis in ptosis and ophthalmoplegia: mitochondrial disease or myasthenia?

Roger G Whittaker et al. J Neurol. 2007 Aug.

. 2007 Aug;254(8):1138-9.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-006-0484-5. Epub 2007 Mar 14.

Authors

Roger G Whittaker, Andrew M Schaefer, Robert W Taylor, Douglass M Turnbull

PMID: 17361341
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0484-5

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