Dropped head as presenting sign of acute motor and sensory neuropathy with reversible conduction failure.

Neurol Sci

Department of Neurology, P.O. San Filippo Neri ASL Roma1, Via Giovanni Martinotti 20, Rome, 00135, Italy.

Published: May 2023

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