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Case Report

Acute CNS demyelination in a subject with cerebellar ataxia following the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine; a case report

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Pages 4099-4101 | Received 03 Jun 2021, Accepted 18 Aug 2021, Published online: 29 Oct 2021

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