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. 2005 Oct;22(10):686–688. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.015131

Benign acute childhood myositis in an Accident and Emergency setting

L Rennie 1, N Hallam 1, T Beattie 1
PMCID: PMC1726565  PMID: 16189027

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