Transverse myelitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 01, 1998

Authors

M Abele-Horn1, W Franck, U Busch, H Nitschko, R Roos, J Heesemann

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1: Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

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