Late‐onset, unusual neurological symptoms in children with mycoplasma infection

Yoshiaki Saito, Hiroko Kure-Kageyama, Yuko Saito-Sakurai, Madoka Shiota, Atsushi Yokoyama, Susumu Kusunoki, Yoshihiro Maegaki and Kousaku Ohno Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Division of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Center for Disabled Individuals, Yonago, Division of Pediatrics, Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo and Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan

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