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  1. 1st Neurology Department, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 74 Vas. Sophias Ave., 11528, Athens, Greece

    Vasiliki Zouvelou

  2. Research Unit of Radiology, 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Velonakis

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Zouvelou, V., Velonakis, G. When myasthenia gravis is not all. Acta Neurol Belg 124, 651–652 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-023-02353-4

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