Orchiectomy for suspected microscopic tumor in patients with anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis

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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology

سال: 2006

ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X

DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000252379.81933.80