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Lipiodol brain embolism during hepatic transcatheter arterial chemoembolization

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  1. Department of Neurology, Hippokrateion Hospital, 50, Aigaiou Str., 551 33, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Theodoros Karapanayiotides & Georgios Georgiadis

  2. Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokrateion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    John Goulis, Anthi Theodorou & Georgios Ilonidis

  3. Department of Radiology, Hippokrateion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Athanasia Anastasiou

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Karapanayiotides, T., Goulis, J., Theodorou, A. et al. Lipiodol brain embolism during hepatic transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. J Neurol 256, 1171–1173 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5066-x

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