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Neurological picture
Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in a case of acute Wernicke's encephalopathy
  1. K Kashihara1,
  2. M Irisawa2
  1. 1Department of Neurology, Okayama Kyokuto Hospital
  2. 2Department of Radiology, Okayama Kyokuto Hospital
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr K Kashihara, Department of Neurology, Okayama Kyokuto Hospital, 567–1 Kurata, Okayama 703–8265, Japan;
 kkashi{at}kyokuto.or.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.73.2.181

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