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Medvedeva A.V.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Golovatyuk A.O.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Poluéktov M.G.

Kurs somnologii pri kafedre nervnykh bolezneĭ fakul'teta poslevuzovskogo professional'nogo obrazovaniia Moskovskoĭ meditsinskoĭ akademii im. I.M. Sechenova

Autoimmune mechanisms and new opportunities for treatment narcolepsy

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Medvedeva A.V., Golovatyuk A.O., Poluéktov M.G.

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Medvedeva AV, Golovatyuk AO, Poluéktov MG. Autoimmune mechanisms and new opportunities for treatment narcolepsy. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(4‑2):56‑62. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro201911904256

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