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Subacute onset Hirayama disease with extensive myelopathy on MRI in flexed posture

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  1. Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

    Merel Brems, Johan Van Goethem, Mania De Praeter & Barbara Willekens

  2. Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Barbara Willekens

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No supplementary interventions have been performed other than the indicated diagnostic interventions. All diagnostic investigations, performed in this case report and involving the single human participant have been in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.

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Brems, M., Van Goethem, J., De Praeter, M. et al. Subacute onset Hirayama disease with extensive myelopathy on MRI in flexed posture. Acta Neurol Belg 117, 795–797 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0782-y

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