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Autoimmune encephalopathy presenting as a ‘posterior circulation stroke’

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  1. The Dublin Neurological Institute at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, 57 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

    H. Kearney, B. Murray, K. O’Rourke, P. Kelly & T. Lynch

  2. Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital University, Dublin, Ireland

    E. Kavanagh

  3. Dublin Academic Health Centre, Dublin, Ireland

    H. Kearney, E. Kavanagh, K. O’Rourke, P. Kelly & T. Lynch

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Kearney, H., Murray, B., Kavanagh, E. et al. Autoimmune encephalopathy presenting as a ‘posterior circulation stroke’. J Neurol 258, 330–332 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5749-3

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