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. 1996 Mar;60(3):354. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.60.3.354

Severe combined degeneration of the spinal cord after nitrous oxide anaesthesia in a vegetarian.

M Rösener, J Dichgans
PMCID: PMC1073874  PMID: 8609528

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