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Transient IgG deficiency with lesions in brain and spinal cord: a mimicker of common variable immunodeficiency syndrome

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  1. Department of Neurology, Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, WV, USA

    Konark Malhotra

  2. Department of Neurology, Akron General Hospital, Akron, OH, USA

    Ramnath Santosh Ramanathan

  3. Department of Neurology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Thomas F. Scott

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Malhotra, K., Ramanathan, R.S. & Scott, T.F. Transient IgG deficiency with lesions in brain and spinal cord: a mimicker of common variable immunodeficiency syndrome. Acta Neurol Belg 117, 761–763 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-016-0722-2

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