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. 2003 Jun;79(3):179–184. doi: 10.1136/sti.79.3.179

Central pontine myelinolysis complicating treatment of multicentric Castleman's disease and Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with AIDS

A Apoola 1, J Ross 1, M Duddy 1, V Mudaliar 1, E Jones 1, M Huengsberg 1, R Miller 1
PMCID: PMC1744686  PMID: 12794197

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