The Heart That Wasn’t Attacked: A Case of Transverse Myelitis

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Submitted: January 25, 2018
Published: Mar 16, 2018
DOI: 10.17352/2455-5282.000059

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Mark M Mokhtar*
Medical Student, Department of Medicine, Trinity School of Medicine, USA
Ahmed Ibrahim
Northwest Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
Catherine E Lempke
Medical Student, Department of Medicine, Trinity School of Medicine, USA

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Mokhtar, M. M., Ibrahim, A., & Lempke, C. E. (2018). The Heart That Wasn’t Attacked: A Case of Transverse Myelitis. Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports, 5(1), 007–009. https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5282.000059
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