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01-04-2010 | Letter to the editors

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria

Authors: Sa-Yoon Kang, Ji-Hoon Kang, Jay Chol Choi, Jung Seok Lee

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 4/2010

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Title: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
Authors: Sa-Yoon Kang
Ji-Hoon Kang
Jay Chol Choi
Jung Seok Lee
Publication date: 01-04-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5415-9

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