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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 75, 1981 - Issue 2
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Polymyositis and polyneuritis in experimental Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection of rabbits

Karel JindrakDepartments of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, and The Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11215, U.S.A.
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Mona Shimshi MagnussonDepartments of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, and The Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, 11215, U.S.A.
Pages 205-210 | Received 29 Oct 1979, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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