Immunotherapy responsive autoimmune subacute encephalitis: A report of two cases

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mittal, Manoj ^a   Hammond, Nancy ^a   Lynch, Sharon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 79953839978     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/837371     Document Type: Article

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