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Hyponatremic Encephalopathy Mimicking Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

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  1. Department of Neurology, F. Tappeiner Hospital, Via Rossini 5, 39012, Meran, Italy

    R. Nardone

  2. Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Institute, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    R. Nardone, A. B. Kunz, J. Kraus, W. Staffen, G. Ladurner & S. M. Golaszewski

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    M. McCoy

  4. fMRI Lab, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    S. M. Golaszewski

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Nardone, R., McCoy, M., Kunz, A.B. et al. Hyponatremic Encephalopathy Mimicking Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy. Clin Neuroradiol 20, 243–246 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-010-0017-6

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