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01-01-2016 | Letter to the Editors

Switch to double positive late onset MuSK myasthenia gravis following thymomectomy in paraneoplastic AChR antibody positive myasthenia gravis

Authors: Berit Jordan, Susanne Schilling, Stephan Zierz

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 1/2016

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Title: Switch to double positive late onset MuSK myasthenia gravis following thymomectomy in paraneoplastic AChR antibody positive myasthenia gravis
Authors: Berit Jordan
Susanne Schilling
Stephan Zierz
Publication date: 01-01-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7982-2

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