Letter to the Editor
Therapeutic plasma exchange in two patients with stiff-person syndrome
Huy P. Pham,
Corresponding Author
Huy P. Pham
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Correspondence to: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street S, WP P230, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Lance A. Williams III,
Lance A. Williams III
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Huy P. Pham,
Corresponding Author
Huy P. Pham
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Correspondence to: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th Street S, WP P230, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. E-mail:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Lance A. Williams III,
Lance A. Williams III
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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First published: 26 September 2015
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