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Refractory Psychomotor Agitation Responding to Dexmedetomidine Infusion: A Rare Presentation of Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis (BBE)

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    Yohei Harada, Mhd Ezzat Zaghlouleh & Vishank Shah

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Patient care was done by YH, MEZ and VS. Manuscript drafting was done by YH. Manuscript supervision was done by MEZ and VS.

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Harada, Y., Zaghlouleh, M.E. & Shah, V. Refractory Psychomotor Agitation Responding to Dexmedetomidine Infusion: A Rare Presentation of Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis (BBE). Neurocrit Care 34, 677–681 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-020-01050-x

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