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Familiar Mediterranean fever and multiple sclerosis: an unreported association in the Italian population?

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  1. IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Via Provinciale Palermo, Contrada Casazza, 98124, Messina, Italy

    Margherita Russo, Antonino Naro & Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Messina, Italy

    Vincenzo Dattola & Maria Buccafusca

  3. Department of pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Messina, Italy

    Romina Gallizzi

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Russo, M., Naro, A., Dattola, V. et al. Familiar Mediterranean fever and multiple sclerosis: an unreported association in the Italian population?. Neurol Sci 36, 811–812 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1919-x

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