Neuromyelitis optica: an antibody-mediated disorder of the central nervous system.

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Published in Neurol Res Int on January 29, 2012

Authors

Jiwon Oh1, Michael Levy

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1: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Pathology 509, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

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