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Letter to the Editor
Recurrent diaphoresis, acute confusional state, and pleural mesothelioma
Diaforesis recurrente, estado confusional agudo y mesotelioma pleural
R.O. Domíngueza,c,
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dominguezraulo@yahoo.com.ar

Corresponding author.
, E.M. Cárdenasb,c, Y.H.S. Marulandab,c, E.L. Bartoloméa,c
a Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Sirio Libanés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
b Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Sirio Libanés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
c Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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