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Recurrent tumefactive demyelination without evidence of multiple sclerosis or brain tumour

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  1. Department of Neurology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001, Aarau, Switzerland

    A. Häne & U. Roelcke

  2. Department of Oncology/Haematology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001, Aarau, Switzerland

    M. Bargetzi

  3. Department of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001, Aarau, Switzerland

    E. Hewer

  4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001, Aarau, Switzerland

    M. Bruehlmeier

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Tellstrasse, 5001, Aarau, Switzerland

    A. Khamis

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Häne, A., Bargetzi, M., Hewer, E. et al. Recurrent tumefactive demyelination without evidence of multiple sclerosis or brain tumour. J Neurol 258, 318–320 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5722-1

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