Non-herpetic acute limbic encephalitis: a new subgroup of limbic encephalitis?
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Hiroshi Shoji1, Noriyuki Kimura2, Toshihide Kumamoto2, Takashi Ichiyama3 and Yukitoshi Takahashi4 1Division of Neurology, St. Mary Hospital, Fukuoka 830-8543, 2Department of Internal Medicine III, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Oita, 3Department of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, 4National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Shizuoka Japan
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 43 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004