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Metronidazole-associated encephalopathy: a reversible condition

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  1. Department of Neurology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226003, India

    Imran Rizvi, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Neeraj Kumar, Shweta Pandey & Hardeep Singh Malhotra

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Rizvi, I., Garg, R.K., Kumar, N. et al. Metronidazole-associated encephalopathy: a reversible condition. Intern Emerg Med 13, 1323–1325 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1904-0

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