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de Beukelaar, J.W., Milikan, J.C., Verjans, G.M. et al. No evidence for the presence of HuD-specific T cells in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Huassociated paraneoplastic neurological syndromes. J Neurol 256, 279–282 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-0051-y
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