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Tuberculous nephritis accompanying neuromyelitis optica: causal or coincidental association?

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  1. Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS Foundation, Milan, Italy

    Raffaele Iorio

  2. Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, L.go A. Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy

    Mauro Monforte, Francesco Iodice & Mario Sabatelli

  3. Institute of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Pierconti

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Iorio, R., Monforte, M., Pierconti, F. et al. Tuberculous nephritis accompanying neuromyelitis optica: causal or coincidental association?. J Neurol 261, 1028–1030 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7323-x

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