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A 28-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of cognitive and behavioural disturbances. Her past history was unremarkable, and she had no family history of neurological disorders. On examination, she showed temporospatial disorientation, ideomotor apraxia, gait ataxia, dysarthria, anisocoria and reduced pupillary light responses. Routine blood tests were normal. MR scan of brain showed T2/FLAIR temporal hyperintensities (figure 1). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed …
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Contributors AM was the PI and lead writer. UA, PC, RB and AF acquired and analysed the data. MTD was the coordinator of the study. All authors helped plan the study, interpret data and critically revise successive drafts of the manuscript.
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Funding None.
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Ethics approval Local ethic committee.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Nick Davies, London, UK.
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