Varicella zoster cranial polyneuropathy presenting with dysphagia, esophagitis and gastroparesis

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-194

  Paliwal, Maneesh ^a   Prasanna, Kallambella Susheelendra ^a   Saraswat, Vivek A ^a   Misra, Asha ^a   Krishnani, Narendra ^a   Ghoshal, Uday C ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 80054885021     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2011.17.2.192     Document Type: Note

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