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Multifocal recurrent neuralgic amyotrophy in an immunocompromised patient

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Chiara Briani is a member of the European Reference Network for Neuromuscular Diseases.

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  1. Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 5, 35128, Padua, Italy

    Chiara Briani, Alessandro Salvalaggio & Manuele Marasca

  2. Neuroradiology Unit, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy

    Mariagiulia Anglani

  3. Hematology and Immunological Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

    Silvia Imbergamo & Stefano Pravato

  4. CEMES, Data Medica Group, Padua, Italy

    Mario Cacciavillani

  5. Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili Hospital, Brescia, Italy

    Roberto Gasparotti

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CB, AS and MM are the neurologists who visited and treated the patient and proposed the clinical diagnosis. CB: wrote the manuscript. SI and SP were the hematologists in charge of the patient. MA and RG are the neuroradiologists who performed and interpreted the MRI data. MC performed neurophysiological and nerve ultrasound studies. CB and AS: revised the manuscript and provided intellectual inputs.

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Briani, C., Salvalaggio, A., Anglani, M. et al. Multifocal recurrent neuralgic amyotrophy in an immunocompromised patient. J Neurol 271, 1080–1083 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-023-12157-4

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