Neurological Sciences

, Volume 39, Issue 5, pp 959–960 | Cite as

Intracerebral hemorrhage after cranioplasty: an unpredictable treacherous complication due to reperfusion or possible systemic inflammatory response syndrome

  • Paolo Missori
  • Antonio Currà
  • Simone Peschillo
  • Francesco Fattapposta
  • Danilo Toni
Letter to the Editor

Notes

Compliance with ethical standards

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Neurosurgery“Sapienza” University of RomeRomeItaly
  2. 2.Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Neurology Unit, Ospedale “A. Fiorini” Terracina, LT“Sapienza” University of RomePolo PontinoItaly
  3. 3.Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Neurology“Sapienza” University of RomeRomeItaly

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