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Bilateral blepharospasm as the presenting symptom of Sjögren's syndrome with evidence of central nervous system involvement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Odysseas Kargiotis ,
Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos ,
Terzis Efstathios ,
Georgios Yiannopoulos  and
Andrew P. Andonopoulos
Odysseas Kargiotis*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
Panagiotis Papathanasopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
Terzis Efstathios
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
Georgios Yiannopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
Andrew P. Andonopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
*
Odysseas Kargiotis Department of Neurology, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patra, 26504, Greece. Tel: +30 2610 999572; Fax: +30 2610 993949; E-mail: [email protected]
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 263 - 265
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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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