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01-03-2015 | Letter to the Editors

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after interferon beta-1a monotherapy

Authors: Helmar C. Lehmann, Klaus Krüger, Gereon R. Fink, Michael Schroeter

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 3/2015

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Title: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy after interferon beta-1a monotherapy
Authors: Helmar C. Lehmann
Klaus Krüger
Gereon R. Fink
Michael Schroeter
Publication date: 01-03-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7620-4

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