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Antecedent diffuse cerebellar lesions on diffusion-weighted MRI in nonalcoholic Wernicke’s encephalopathy

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  1. Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan

    Taro Shigekiyo, Hiroki Tani, Hideto Nakajima & Fumiharu Kimura

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TS and HN examined and wrote the manuscript. HT and FK helped to draft the manuscript and performed the analyses. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Shigekiyo, T., Tani, H., Nakajima, H. et al. Antecedent diffuse cerebellar lesions on diffusion-weighted MRI in nonalcoholic Wernicke’s encephalopathy. Neurol Sci 39, 789–790 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3190-4

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