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No need for NMDA receptor antibody screening in neurologically asymptomatic patients with ovarian teratomas

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Fabian Trillsch, Alexander Burges & Sven Mahner

  2. Department of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Fabian Trillsch, Leticia Oliveira-Ferrer & Sven Mahner

  3. Institute of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Peter Eichhorn

  4. Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Tania Kuempfel & Joachim Havla

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Trillsch, F., Eichhorn, P., Oliveira-Ferrer, L. et al. No need for NMDA receptor antibody screening in neurologically asymptomatic patients with ovarian teratomas. J Neurol 265, 431–432 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8717-3

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