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Wernicke Encephalopathy: MR Findings at Clinical Presentation in Twenty-Six Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients
G. Zuccoli, M. Gallucci, J. Capellades, L. Regnicolo, B. Tumiati, T. Cabada Giadás, W. Bottari, J. Mandrioli and M. Bertolini
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2007, 28 (7) 1328-1331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0544
G. Zuccoli
M. Gallucci
J. Capellades
L. Regnicolo
B. Tumiati
T. Cabada Giadás
W. Bottari
J. Mandrioli

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Wernicke Encephalopathy: MR Findings at Clinical Presentation in Twenty-Six Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1328-1331; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0544
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Wernicke Encephalopathy: MR Findings at Clinical Presentation in Twenty-Six Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Patients
G. Zuccoli, M. Gallucci, J. Capellades, L. Regnicolo, B. Tumiati, T. Cabada Giadás, W. Bottari, J. Mandrioli, M. Bertolini
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1328-1331; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0544
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