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Treatment of the osmotic demyelination syndrome: the earlier the better?

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Hegazi, M.O. Treatment of the osmotic demyelination syndrome: the earlier the better?. Intern Emerg Med 12, 133–134 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-016-1555-y

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