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Post-traumatic myasthenia gravis with head drop: insights into pathogenesis

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  1. Neurology Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Shadi El-Wahsh, James Triplett & Con Yiannikas

  2. South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Shadi El-Wahsh

  3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Shadi El-Wahsh, James Triplett & Con Yiannikas

  4. Castlereagh Imaging, Edgecliff, NSW, Australia

    Alasdair Robertson

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El-Wahsh, S., Triplett, J., Robertson, A. et al. Post-traumatic myasthenia gravis with head drop: insights into pathogenesis. Neurol Sci 44, 3347–3349 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06797-7

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