Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 101-104 , 15 April 2003

Subacute brainstem angioencephalopathy: a case report and review of the literature

  • Helmut Rauschka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Lainz, Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, A-1130 Vienna, Austria
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  • Johann Retzl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital of St. Pölten, Austria
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  • Ulf Baumhackl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital of St. Pölten, Austria
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  • Hans Christian Bankl

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, Municipal Hospital of St. Pölten, Austria
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  • Erich Salomonowitz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Radiology, Municipal Hospital of St. Pölten, Austria
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  • Manfred Schmidbauer

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43-1-80110-3559; fax: +43-1-80110-3685.
    • Department of Neurology, Municipal Hospital Lainz, Wolkersbergenstrasse 1, A-1130 Vienna, Austria

Received 5 April 2002 ,Revised 12 August 2002 ,Accepted 15 October 2002.

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PII: S0022-510X(02)00395-7

doi: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00395-7

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 101-104 , 15 April 2003

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