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Clinical Note

Successful management with intravenous immunoglobulins in alemtuzumab-induced acute inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy: clinical report of three patients

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Pages 717-720 | Received 20 Oct 2011, Accepted 21 Nov 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2012

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