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. 1991 Dec;54(12):1121. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.12.1121

Bilateral ptosis, ataxia and areflexia--a variant of Fisher's syndrome.

P K Yip
PMCID: PMC1014699  PMID: 1783934

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