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Neurological picture
Acute longitudinal myelitis as the initial manifestation of Sjögren’s syndrome
  1. T Yamamoto,
  2. S Ito,
  3. T Hattori
  1. Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr S Ito
 Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan; sito{at}faculty.chiba-u.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2005.084863

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