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Relative frequency of VGKC and ‘classical’ paraneoplastic antibodies in patients with limbic encephalitis

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  1. Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    S. Jarius, L. A. Hoffmann &  R. Voltz

  2. Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    S. Jarius, L. Clover & A. Vincent

  3. Dept. of Neurology, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany

    O. Stich & S. Rauer

  4. Dept. of Palliative Medicine, University of Cologne, 50924, Cologne, Germany

    R. Voltz

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Jarius, S., Hoffmann, L.A., Stich, O. et al. Relative frequency of VGKC and ‘classical’ paraneoplastic antibodies in patients with limbic encephalitis. J Neurol 255, 1100–1101 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0845-3

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