Amphiphysin-positive paraneoplastic myelitis and stiff-person syndrome
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Amphiphysin-positive paraneoplastic myelitis and stiff-person syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2332-7812
DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000285