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Reversible delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy after drug overdose: MRI findings in a collection of patients

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Dr., Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 78234, USA

    Aaron M. Betts & John L. Ritter

  2. Department of Radiology, Section of Neuroradiology, The University of Arizona, P.O. Box 245067, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA

    Wayne S. Kubal

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Betts, A.M., Ritter, J.L. & Kubal, W.S. Reversible delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy after drug overdose: MRI findings in a collection of patients. Emerg Radiol 19, 165–173 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-011-1013-0

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