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    Amiya Kumar Sarkar, Sujit Kumar Biswas, Ashit Kumar Ghosh, Papya Mitra, Sanat Kumar Ghosh & John Mathew

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Sarkar, A.K., Biswas, S.K., Ghosh, A.K. et al. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Indian J Pediatr 62, 496–498 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02755075

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