Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 85-88 , 15 September 2002

Successful immune treatment for non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

  • Masahiro Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-43-222-2129; fax: +81-43-226-2160
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  • Satoshi Kuwabara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Mitsuharu Yoshiyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Toshihide Kanesaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Ogata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Takamichi Hattori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Chiba University School of Medicine, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan

Received 21 March 2002 ,Accepted 28 May 2002.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 85-88 , 15 September 2002

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