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Dropped head in polymyositis

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  1. Department of Neurology, Nakano General Hospital, 4-59-16 Chuo, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-8607, Japan

    Shuta Toru & Takayoshi Kobayashi

  2. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

    Miho Akaza, Takanori Yokota & Hidehiro Mizusawa

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Toru, S., Kobayashi, T., Akaza, M. et al. Dropped head in polymyositis. Rheumatol Int 32, 1105–1107 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-011-1870-6

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