AQP4 antibodies in neuromyelitis optica: diagnostic and pathogenetic relevance.

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Published in Nat Rev Neurol on July 01, 2010

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Sven Jarius1, Brigitte Wildemann

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1: Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

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