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The development of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy during adalimumab treatment in a patient with psoriasis vulgaris

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Momoko Nakao, Yoshihide Asano, Kouki Nakamura, Rino Shida, Takehiro Takahashi, Ayumi Yoshizaki, Aya Mitsui, Sayaka Shibata, Mayuko Araki, Rei Watanabe & Shinichi Sato

  2. Department of Neurology, Daisan Hospital, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuko Ikawa, Chizuko Toyoda & Hisayoshi Oka

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Nakao, M., Asano, Y., Nakamura, K. et al. The development of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy during adalimumab treatment in a patient with psoriasis vulgaris. Eur J Dermatol 26, 404–405 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2016.2781

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