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Coxsackievirus B1 resulting acute flaccid myelitis with entire spinal cord lesion: a case report

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    Keun Tae Kim & Yong Won Cho

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Kim, K.T., Cho, Y.W. Coxsackievirus B1 resulting acute flaccid myelitis with entire spinal cord lesion: a case report. Neurol Sci 40, 627–629 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3607-8

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