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Editorial
. 2021 Mar;92(3):230.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325350. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

Antineuronal antibodies and epilepsy: treat the patient, not the lab

Stephan Rüegg  1   2
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Editorial

Antineuronal antibodies and epilepsy: treat the patient, not the lab

Stephan Rüegg. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2021 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune encephalitis; epilepsy.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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