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. 2023 Jan;13(1):113-114.
doi: 10.1177/19418744221121430. Epub 2022 Aug 14.

Facial Diplegia Complicating Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations

Josef Finsterer  1
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Facial Diplegia Complicating Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations

Josef Finsterer. Neurohospitalist. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Guillain Barre syndrome; SARS-CoV-2; side effect; vaccination.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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