Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with severe brainstem and spinal cord involvement: MRI features with neuropathological confirmation
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1053-1807
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22505