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Serial multimodal monitoring of cerebral manifestations in eclampsia and comparison with normal pregnancy: a clinical study

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The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. All patients gave their informed consent.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

    Johann S. Braun, Jens E. Roehl & Stephan J. Schreiber

  2. Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Johann S. Braun

  3. Department of Obstetrics, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

    Manja Krause

  4. Department of Radiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

    Georg Bohner

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J. E. Roehl and S. J. Schreiber contributed equally to this article.

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Braun, J.S., Krause, M., Bohner, G. et al. Serial multimodal monitoring of cerebral manifestations in eclampsia and comparison with normal pregnancy: a clinical study. J Neurol 260, 910–913 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6794-x

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