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Unusual association of seronegative, nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis and relapsing polychondritis in a patient with history of thymectomy for myasthenia: a case study

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The authors wish to thank A. Vincent M.D., PhD (Immunology, Oxford, UK) for kind analysis of anti-VGKC, anti-GAD, anti-amphiphysin and anti-NMDAR antibodies, P. Fendrych M.D., PhD (IKEM hospital, Prague, Czech Republic), for providing MRI services, and J. Lenthall M.D. for revisions on the English version of this article. This work was partially supported by the Czech Ministry of Education (research program MŠM 0021620849).

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  1. Department of Neurology, Thomayer Teaching Hospital and Institute for Postgraduate Education in Medicine, Vídeňská 800, 14059, Prague 4, Czech Republic

    Kateřina Storey & Robert Rusina

  2. Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Thomayer Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

    Radoslav Matěj

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Storey, K., Matěj, R. & Rusina, R. Unusual association of seronegative, nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis and relapsing polychondritis in a patient with history of thymectomy for myasthenia: a case study. J Neurol 258, 159–161 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5691-4

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