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Led astray: MELAS initially misdiagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis

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    Rubesh Gooriah, Badr E. A. Dafalla & Thattoli C. Venugopalan

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Gooriah, R., Dafalla, B.E.A. & Venugopalan, T.C. Led astray: MELAS initially misdiagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis. Acta Neurol Belg 115, 789–792 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-014-0416-6

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