Expanding phenotype of CLIPPERS indicates it to be a disease or a syndrome?
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Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS) is a newly named condition of pontine-centric inflammatory disorder. 1) The cardinal feature of the disease is punctate gadolinium enhancement " peppering " the pons on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The unique MRI features
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