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A young man with persistent myalgia and fatigue: an off-label therapeutic approach

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  1. Department of Gynecological-Obstetric and Urological Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Gaspare Elios Russo, Virgilio De Bono, Dmytro Grynyshyn, Tania Gnerre Musto, Massimo Testorio, Cristina Crespini & Andrea Martinez

  2. Department of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale dell’Università 37, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Alessio Molfino & Silvia Lai

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Russo, G.E., De Bono, V., Grynyshyn, D. et al. A young man with persistent myalgia and fatigue: an off-label therapeutic approach. Intern Emerg Med 10, 51–53 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-014-1138-8

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