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The princess and the p-value: A case report of suspected autoimmune encephalitis and functional neurological disorder in a pediatric patient

Alison Wilkinson-SmithDepartment of Psychiatry, Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Benjamin GreenbergDepartment of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Audrey KeechDepartment of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Pages 13-20 | Received 08 Jan 2018, Accepted 13 Jul 2018, Published online: 28 Sep 2018

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