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Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Torticollis in Children

Differential diagnosis of Grisel’s Syndrome

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  1. Unit of Genetics and Paediatric Immunology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125, Messina, Italy

    V. Salpietro MD & S. Briuglia MD

  2. National Center for rare diseases, Isituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

    A. Polizzi MD

  3. Unit of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    F. Granata MD

  4. Unit of Paediatric Neuroradiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College of London, London, UK

    K. Mankad MRCP, FRCR

  5. Department of Formative Processes, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    M. Ruggieri BA, MD, PHD

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Salpietro, V., Polizzi, A., Granata, F. et al. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and Torticollis in Children. Clin Neuroradiol 22, 351–353 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-012-0145-2

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