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Guillain–Barré syndrome after rituximab in a patient with idiopathic thombocytopenic purpura: a causal association?

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  1. Services of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Raquel Jaso & Carmen Valero

  2. Services of Neurology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Av. Valdecilla s/n, 39008, Santander, Spain

    María Sierra & Julio Pascual

  3. Services of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

    Jesús Calleja

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Jaso, R., Sierra, M., Calleja, J. et al. Guillain–Barré syndrome after rituximab in a patient with idiopathic thombocytopenic purpura: a causal association?. J Neurol 257, 488–489 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5400-3

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