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Ishida, K., Wada, Y., Tsunemi, T. et al. Marked hypertrophy of the cauda equina in a patient with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy presenting as lumbar stenosis. J Neurol 252, 239–240 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0632-3
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