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Successful treatment of a hypothalamic lesion in neuromyelitis optica by plasma exchange

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  1. Dept. of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan

    Shohei Watanabe, Ichiro Nakashima, Isabelle Miyazawa, Tatsuro Misu, Yusei Shiga, Kazuo Fujihara & Yasuto Itoyama

  2. Ophthalmology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan

    Yoichi Nakagawa

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Watanabe, S., Nakashima, I., Miyazawa, I. et al. Successful treatment of a hypothalamic lesion in neuromyelitis optica by plasma exchange. J Neurol 254, 670–671 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-006-0329-2

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