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Colchicine-induced myoneuropathy with myotonia in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever

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  1. Clinic of Neurology, Sakarya Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

    Abdulkadir Tunç

  2. Clinic of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Azize Esra Gürsoy, Vildan Güzel, Elif Gökçal & Gülsen Babacan Yıldız

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Tunç, A., Gürsoy, A.E., Güzel, V. et al. Colchicine-induced myoneuropathy with myotonia in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 687–688 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-01070-7

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