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Neurosyphilis and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: important differential diagnoses

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  1. Day Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 22a, 04103, Leipzig, Germany

    R. Scheid MD & D. Y. von Cramon MD, PhD

  2. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

    R. Scheid MD & D. Y. von Cramon MD, PhD

  3. Dept. of Palliative Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    R. Voltz MD, PhD

  4. Sächsisches Krankenhaus Altscherbitz, Dept. of Neurology, Schkeuditz, Germany

    T. Vetter MD

  5. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    O. Sabri MD, PhD

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Scheid, R., Voltz, R., Vetter, T. et al. Neurosyphilis and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: important differential diagnoses. J Neurol 252, 1129–1132 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0812-1

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