Late-onset, unusual neurological symptoms in children with mycoplasma infection
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Yoshiaki Saito
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Yoshiaki Saito, MD, PhD, Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHiroko Kure-Kageyama
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Saito-Sakurai
Division of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Center for Disabled Individuals, Yonago,
Search for more papers by this authorMadoka Shiota
Division of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Center for Disabled Individuals, Yonago,
Search for more papers by this authorAtsushi Yokoyama
Division of Pediatrics, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo and
Search for more papers by this authorSusumu Kusunoki
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoshihiro Maegaki
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Search for more papers by this authorKousaku Ohno
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yoshiaki Saito
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Yoshiaki Saito, MD, PhD, Department of Child Neurology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorHiroko Kure-Kageyama
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Search for more papers by this authorYuko Saito-Sakurai
Division of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Center for Disabled Individuals, Yonago,
Search for more papers by this authorMadoka Shiota
Division of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Center for Disabled Individuals, Yonago,
Search for more papers by this authorAtsushi Yokoyama
Division of Pediatrics, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo and
Search for more papers by this authorSusumu Kusunoki
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYoshihiro Maegaki
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
Search for more papers by this authorKousaku Ohno
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University,
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