The other BSE

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2194-2196

  Scolding, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GQ 1B ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM ENCEPHALITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NEURITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80051970232     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr181     Document Type: Note

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