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Case Reports

A Rare Case of Bilateral Optic Neuritis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Post Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

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Pages 41-47 | Received 15 Jun 2016, Accepted 14 Sep 2016, Published online: 20 Dec 2016

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