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The Use of Natalizumab for Treatment of MS: Do the Risks Still Outweigh the Gains?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Mark Freedman*
Affiliation:
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Abstract

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Editorial
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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