Lymphomatosis cerebri mimicking iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports

سال: 2014

ISSN: 1757-790X

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201246