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Common variable immunodeficiency-associated myelitis

Report of treatment with infliximab

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  1. Dept. of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Bldg E-8 A, Mayo Clinic Rochester, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

    N. Kumar MD & A. J. Aksamit MD

  2. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergic Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    J. B. Hagan MD

  3. Dept. of Lab Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    R. S. Abraham PhD

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Kumar, N., Hagan, J.B., Abraham, R.S. et al. Common variable immunodeficiency-associated myelitis. J Neurol 255, 1821–1824 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0898-3

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