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Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

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The authors thank Dr. Eiichi Ito for performing electrophysiological studies.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawadacho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

    Miki Suzuki, Yuko Shimizu, Megumi Takeuchi, Masaki Kobayashi, Makoto Iwata & Shinichiro Uchiyama

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Suzuki, M., Shimizu, Y., Takeuchi, M. et al. Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with primary Sjögren’s syndrome. J Neurol 259, 358–360 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6160-4

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