Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 299-300 , April 2004

Must acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood and acute bilateral striatal necrosis be differentiated?

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.10.008

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 299-300 , April 2004

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