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Calcineurin inhibitormediated bilateral hippocampal injury after bone marrow transplantation

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  1. Dept. of Neurology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 501-757, Korea

    S.-H. Lee MD, B.-C. Kim MD, M.-S. Park MD, S.-M. Choi MD, M.-K. Kim MD & K.-H. Cho MD

  2. Dept. of Hematology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea

    D.-H. Yang MD

  3. Center for Brain Health, New York, USA

    B.-C. Kim MD

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Lee, SH., Kim, BC., Yang, DH. et al. Calcineurin inhibitormediated bilateral hippocampal injury after bone marrow transplantation. J Neurol 255, 929–931 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0612-5

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