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Wheels within wheels: multifocal autoimmune myelitis in a woman with Huntington’s disease

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The authors thank Dr. Oliver Leach from the University of Oxford for editing the language of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Aiden Haghikia, Bernhard F. Décard, Kerstin Hellwig, Peter Kraus & Ralf Gold

  2. Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK

    Aiden Haghikia

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Correspondence to Aiden Haghikia.

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A. Haghikia and B.F. Décard contributed equally to this case presentation.

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Haghikia, A., Décard, B.F., Hellwig, K. et al. Wheels within wheels: multifocal autoimmune myelitis in a woman with Huntington’s disease. J Neurol 259, 1973–1975 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6484-8

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