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Neurological involvement in Erdheim–Chester disease

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  1. Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Eline Nys, Laurens Weynants, Marc Lemmerling & Jan L. De Bleecker

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Sint-Andries Hospital, Tielt, Belgium

    Bénédicte Vanneuville

  3. Department of Radiology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium

    Marc Lemmerling

  4. Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Marc Lemmerling

  5. Department of Neurology, AZ Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium

    Jan L. De Bleecker

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Nys, E., Weynants, L., Vanneuville, B. et al. Neurological involvement in Erdheim–Chester disease. Acta Neurol Belg 115, 823–825 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-015-0441-0

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