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Tongue biting resulting from sleep-related facio-mandibular myoclonus as a cause for misdiagnosed epilepsy

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    Marlena Hupalo & Dariusz J. Jaskolski

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Hupalo, M., Jaskolski, D.J. Tongue biting resulting from sleep-related facio-mandibular myoclonus as a cause for misdiagnosed epilepsy. Acta Neurol Belg 117, 787–788 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0753-3

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