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. 1968 Oct;31(5):448–452. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.31.5.448

The nature of the electrophysiological disorder in adynamia episodica.

A J McComas, K Mrozek, W G Bradley
PMCID: PMC496399  PMID: 5709829

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