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Temporal arteritis: iconodiagnosis in two 16th-century works of art, and a brief review of the medical and artistic literature

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    Bertrand Lefrère

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    Bertrand Lefrère, Jean-Benoît Arlet & Jacques Pouchot

  3. Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Jean-Benoît Arlet & Jacques Pouchot

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Lefrère, B., Arlet, JB. & Pouchot, J. Temporal arteritis: iconodiagnosis in two 16th-century works of art, and a brief review of the medical and artistic literature. Neurol Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07589-3

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