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Image features of anti-SEZ6L2 encephalitis, a rare cause of ataxia and parkinsonism

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The original online version of this article was revised: The word “mouse” should be “monkey” in the eleventh sentence of the fifth paragraph and in Fig. 2C legend.

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Shen, D., Zhou, Q., Meng, H. et al. Image features of anti-SEZ6L2 encephalitis, a rare cause of ataxia and parkinsonism. J Neurol 270, 4549–4553 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-11756-5

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