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Upper airways obstruction due to retrosternal goiter in a patient with myasthenia gravis

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This research was funded by the Regione Piemonte, Progetto di Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata Bando 2008: criticità inerenti alla prescrizione di esami elettromiografici l’informazione del medico migliora il livello di appropriatezza. The sponsor had no role in the design of the study; the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data; or the decision to approve publication of the finished manuscript.

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  1. Neurologia IV, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, AOU San Giovanni Battista, Via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy

    Fabio Poglio, Ilaria Paolasso, Yolanda Falcone, Serena Grimaldi & Dario Cocito

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Poglio, F., Paolasso, I., Falcone, Y. et al. Upper airways obstruction due to retrosternal goiter in a patient with myasthenia gravis. Neurol Sci 31, 407–408 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-009-0203-y

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