Pediatric Neurology
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 131-133 , February 2009

Rotavirus-Associated Encephalopathy With a Reversible Splenial Lesion

Received 6 August 2008 ,Accepted 20 October 2008.

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PII: S0887-8994(08)00542-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.10.015

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 40, Issue 2 , Pages 131-133 , February 2009

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