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