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Report of a case of necrotizing autoimmune myopathy with thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis

Gang HuangNeurological Institute of Jiangxi Province and Department of Neurology, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, PR ChinaView further author information
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Xinhua ZhouNeurological Institute of Jiangxi Province and Department of Neurology, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, PR ChinaView further author information
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Dongyuan YaoNeurological Institute of Jiangxi Province and Department of Neurology, Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Nanchang University, Jiangxi, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1178-1181 | Received 12 Aug 2019, Accepted 04 Feb 2020, Published online: 19 Feb 2020

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