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Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

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  1. Service d’Histologie, Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires, Garches-Necker-Mondor-Hendaye, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 51 boulevard du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil, France

    Dalia Dimitri

  2. Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires Paris-Est, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Odile Dubourg

  3. Laboratoire de Neuropathologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Odile Dubourg

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Dimitri, D., Dubourg, O. Sporadic late-onset nemaline myopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Neurol 260, 3171–3173 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-7168-8

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