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Case Report

Paraneoplastic syndrome – a rare but treatable cause of non-thyroid-related extraocular muscle enlargement

S. KumarConjoint Associate Lecturer UNSW, St George Public Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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T. DiamondProfessor in Endocrinology, St George Public Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia
Pages 468-473 | Received 27 Apr 2018, Accepted 18 Nov 2018, Published online: 07 Dec 2018

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