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Varicella zoster virus encephalitis in a patient with a solid carcinoma: a case report

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Kleiweg 500, 3045 PM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    E. M. Rodenburg & J. M. Zuetenhorst

  2. Department of Neurology, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    F. H. Vermeij

  3. Department of Neuro-oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    M. J. van den Bent

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Rodenburg, E.M., Vermeij, F.H., van den Bent, M.J. et al. Varicella zoster virus encephalitis in a patient with a solid carcinoma: a case report. J Neurol 264, 1281–1283 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-017-8466-3

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