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CNS infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae complicated by multiple strokes

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Martina Minnerop, Monika Bös, Thomas Klockgether & Rolf Schröder

  2. Institute of Experimental Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Ursula Harbrecht

  3. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Matthias Maass

  4. Department of Radiology/Neuroradiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Horst Urbach

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Minnerop, M., Bös, M., Harbrecht, U. et al. CNS infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae complicated by multiple strokes. J Neurol 249, 1329–1331 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0833-y

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