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Familial dysautonomia: a disease with hidden tears

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  1. Department of Neurology, Dysautonomia Center, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, 9Q, New York, NY, 10016-6497, USA

    Carlos E. Mendoza-Santiesteban, Jose-Alberto Palma, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann & Horacio Kaufmann

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Mendoza-Santiesteban, C.E., Palma, JA., Norcliffe-Kaufmann, L. et al. Familial dysautonomia: a disease with hidden tears. J Neurol 264, 1290–1291 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8486-z

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