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. 2006 Apr 5;8(3):559–561. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00181.x

The German FFI Cases

Hans Kretzschmar 1,, Armin Giese 1, Inga Zerr 2, Otto Windl 1, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer 1, Katharina Skworc 1, Sigrid Poser 2
PMCID: PMC8098207  PMID: 9669710

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