A rare cervical dystonia mimic in adults: congenital muscular torticollis (fibromatosis colli).

Front Neurol

Department of Neurology, Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Published: February 2013

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