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Frequent hemianesthesia as initial symptom of limbic encephalitis associated with LGI1 antibodies

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  1. Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Beijing Command PLA, No.5 Nan men Cang, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, China

    Jingjing Gong, Yonghua Huang & Weiwei Zhang

  2. Air Force Aviation Medicine Research Institute, Beijing, China

    Yan Zhang

  3. Department of Medical Administration, General Hospital of Beijing Command PLA, Beijing, China

    Fengchun Wang

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Gong, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, F. et al. Frequent hemianesthesia as initial symptom of limbic encephalitis associated with LGI1 antibodies. Neurol Sci 36, 1953–1955 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2296-9

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