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. 1995 May 20;310(6990):1330. doi: 10.1136/bmj.310.6990.1330a

GPs' attitudes to a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Evidence supports presence of encephalitis.

C Shepherd
PMCID: PMC2549699  PMID: 7773062

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