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Review Article| Volume 40, ISSUE 3, P305-316, September 2020

Confounders in the Interpretation of Paraneoplastic and Neuronal Autoantibody Panels

  • Naveen George
    Affiliations
    Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program, Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Neel Fotedar
    Affiliations
    Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program, Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • Hesham Abboud
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.
    Affiliations
    Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program, Neurological Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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