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. 1957 Mar;55(1):102–122. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400061295

Epidemiological aspects of an outbreak of encephalomyelitis at the Royal Free Hospital, London, in the summer of 1955

Nuala Crowley, Merran Nelson, Sybille Stovin
PMCID: PMC2217874  PMID: 13416578

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