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Liguori, M., Tagarelli, G., Romeo, N. et al. Identification of a patient affected by “Juvenile-chronic” Tay Sachs disease in South Italy. Neurol Sci 37, 1883–1885 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-016-2646-2
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