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A rare complication of wasp sting: acute cervical dystonia

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurology, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Mutluay Arslan & Bulent Unay

  2. Department of Pediatrics, GATA Military School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Ali Gungor & Onur Akın

  3. Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, GATA Military School of Medicine, 06018, Ankara, Turkey

    Suleyman Tolga Yavuz

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Arslan, M., Gungor, A., Akın, O. et al. A rare complication of wasp sting: acute cervical dystonia. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 2213–2214 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2939-4

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