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Original Article

Evidence for the occurrence of myotonia in the extraocular musculature in patients with dystrophia myotonica

H. C. Hansen Neurologische Universitätsklinik, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Germany; Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
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C. J. Lueck Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
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T. J. Crawford Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
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C. Kennard Department of Neurology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK
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W. H. Zangemeister Neurologische Universitätsklinik, D-2000, Hamburg 20, Germany
Pages 17-24 | Accepted 17 Sep 1992, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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