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Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy: a rare disorder to be differentiated from polymyositis

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, University of Giessen, Arndtstrasse 16, D-6300, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Voßkämper, B. Korf & W. Schachenmayr

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany

    F. Franke

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Voßkämper, M., Korf, B., Franke, F. et al. Paraneoplastic necrotizing myopathy: a rare disorder to be differentiated from polymyositis. J Neurol 236, 489–490 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328515

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