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Mariotto, S., Andreetta, F., Farinazzo, A. et al. Persistence of anti-NMDAR antibodies in CSF after recovery from autoimmune encephalitis. Neurol Sci 38, 1523–1524 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2958-x
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