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Latent systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with hypokalaemic quadriparesis and central pontine myelinolysis

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Pahadiya, H.R., Lakhotia, M., Gandhi, R. et al. Latent systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with hypokalaemic quadriparesis and central pontine myelinolysis. Neurol Sci 39, 1133–1136 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3238-5

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