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Chronic cerebellar ataxia and hereditary hemochromatosis: causal or coincidental association?

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    M. P. Rutgers, A. Pielen & M. Gille

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Rutgers, M.P., Pielen, A. & Gille, M. Chronic cerebellar ataxia and hereditary hemochromatosis: causal or coincidental association?. J Neurol 254, 1296–1297 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0507-2

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