Autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 1465-1468

  Jayawant, Sandeep ^a   Parr, Jeremy ^a,b   Vincent, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876865821     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59565-2.00015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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