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. 1990 May;45(5):420–421. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.5.420

Recurrent isolated alternating phrenic nerve palsies: a variant of brachial neuritis?

R P Gregory 1, L Loh 1, J Newsom-Davis 1
PMCID: PMC462501  PMID: 2382250

Abstract

A 40 year old man presented with three episodes of shoulder pain. This is likely to be a variant of brachial neuritis.

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