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This is a 5-year-old girl with a 2-week history of lower extremity weakness, especially when walking up stairs. Four days ago, she developed a rash on the chest, face, and dorsum of her fingers.
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(2007). Case 7. In: Pediatric and Adolescent Musculoskeletal MRI. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38325-5_7
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