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Refractory Status Epilepticus Associated with Anti-SSA (anti-Ro) Antibodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jeremy J. Moeller*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Neurology), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Daniel Friedman
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Medical Center
Patricia Dugan
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Medical Center
Cigdem I. Akman
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
*
Suite 504, 44/46 Portland Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 1H4, Canada. Email: jmoeller@dal.ca
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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