Non-herpetic Acute Limbic Encephalitis: a New Subgroup of Limbic Encephalitis?
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Non-herpetic acute limbic encephalitis: a new subgroup of limbic encephalitis?
Hiroshi Shoji1, Noriyuki Kimura2, Toshihide Kumamoto2, Takashi Ichiyama3 and Yukitoshi Takahashi4 1Division of Neurology, St. Mary Hospital, Fukuoka 830-8543, 2Department of Internal Medicine III, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, 3Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, 4National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.348