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Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood associated with human herpes virus 6 in Croatia

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  1. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Department, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, “Dr Fran Mihaljević”, Mirogojska 8, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Vedran Stevanović, Zoran Barušić & Goran Tešović

  2. Radiology Department, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, “Dr Fran Mihaljević”, Mirogojska 8, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Klaudija Višković

  3. Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, “Dr Fran Mihaljević”, Mirogojska 8, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Oktavija Đaković Rode

  4. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Šalata 3, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Goran Tešović

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Stevanović, V., Barušić, Z., Višković, K. et al. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood associated with human herpes virus 6 in Croatia. Neurol Sci 40, 639–641 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3623-8

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