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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a complicated autoimmune background: differential diagnosis and etiological hypothesis

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Emanuele Bartolini, Mariella Baldini & Giulia Ricci

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Bartolini, E., Baldini, M. & Ricci, G. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a complicated autoimmune background: differential diagnosis and etiological hypothesis. Acta Neurol Belg 113, 191–193 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-012-0105-2

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