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Lumbosacral radiculitis (Elsberg's syndrome) with isolated angiitis of the central nervous system

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  1. Department of Neurology, Ruhr-University St. Josef-Hospital Bochum, Gudrunstraße 56, D-44791, Bochum, Germany

    Thomas Büttner, Norbert Heye, Saskia Meves, Horst Przuntek & C. Börnke

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Börnke, C., Büttner, T., Heye, N. et al. Lumbosacral radiculitis (Elsberg's syndrome) with isolated angiitis of the central nervous system. J Neurol 243, 662–664 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00878665

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