Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 713-715 , October 2007

Transient encephalopathy in a postoperative non-alcoholic female with Marchiafava-Bignami disease

  • Lesli E. Rusche-Skolarus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Box 8111, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States. Tel.: +1 314 362 5262; fax: +1 314 362 3789.
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  • Brendan P. Lucey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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  • Katie D. Vo

      Affiliations

    • Neuroradiology Section, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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  • B. Joy Snider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States

Received 17 December 2006 ,Revised 28 April 2007 ,Accepted 11 May 2007.

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PII: S0303-8467(07)00138-2

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.05.005

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 713-715 , October 2007

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