Rasmussen's encephalitis and the new hat

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-11

  Antel, Jack P ^a   Rasmussen, Theodore ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NOTE; SEIZURE;

ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0029691692     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.9     Document Type: Editorial

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