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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neuroradiology, Scientific Institute “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy

    Tommaso Scarabino

  2. Department of Radiology, ASL BA/1, Hospital of Andria (BA), Italy

    Tommaso Scarabino

  3. Neuroradiology and Department of Radiology, University of Ancona, Italy

    Ugo Salvolini

  4. Department of Radiology, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    J. Randy Jinkins

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Gallucci, M., Caulo, M., Cerone, G., Splendiani, A., De Amicis, R., Masciocchi, C. (2006). Toxic Encephalopathy. In: Scarabino, T., Salvolini, U., Randy Jinkins, J. (eds) Emergency Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29941-6_18

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