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Livedo and ischemic strokes: diagnostic hints of a rare condition

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    Giovanni Cirillo, Alessandro Tessitore, Fabrizio Salemi, Sara Liguori, Sabrina Esposito & Gioacchino Tedeschi

  2. Department of Radiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

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Cirillo, G., Tessitore, A., Cirillo, M. et al. Livedo and ischemic strokes: diagnostic hints of a rare condition. Neurol Sci 34, 2073–2075 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-013-1452-3

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