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Abstract
A 61-year-old man developed progressive head drop, gait disturbance, shortness of breath, night sweats and weight loss. Investigations led to a treatable diagnosis. This report documents the clinicopathological conference at the 43rd Edinburgh Clinical Neurology course 2022.
- NEUROMUSCULAR
- CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
- NEUROGENETICS
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Contributors GM: initial draft, subsequent revisions. J-PL: CPC discussant, manuscript revisions. MEF: manuscript revisions. TG: manuscript revisions. RJD: overall conception, manuscript revisions.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally reviewed by Jon Walters, Swansea, UK.
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