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Acta Neurochirurgica

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01-02-2014 | Letter to the editor - Brain Tumors

Rheumatoid arthritis mimicking an intracranial malignancy

Authors: Kim Rijkers, Alida Postma, Robert Riedl, Olaf Schijns

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 2/2014

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Title: Rheumatoid arthritis mimicking an intracranial malignancy
Authors: Kim Rijkers
Alida Postma
Robert Riedl
Olaf Schijns
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1936-1

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