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Imaging appearance of ticks in tick paralysis

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    Mark R. Halverson, Micheline Lagacé, Anna E. Smyth, Ziad Abu Sharar & Michael A. Sargent

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Halverson, M.R., Lagacé, M., Smyth, A.E. et al. Imaging appearance of ticks in tick paralysis. Pediatr Radiol 51, 493–494 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04850-7

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