Klin Padiatr 2014; 226(05): 295-296
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382020
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae Successfully Treated with Macrolides

Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome verursacht durch Mycoplasma pneumoniae erfolgreich behandelt mit Makroliden
G. Schuhfried
1   Paediatrician, Ordination, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
,
G. Schuhfried
2   University Hospital for Orthopaedics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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G. Stanek
3   Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Publication Date:
25 August 2014 (online)

 
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