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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov;16(11):1811-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1611.100682.

Acute encephalopathy and pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Case Reports

Acute encephalopathy and pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Song Mi Moon et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov.
No abstract available

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of case-patient’s brain. A) MRI at hospital admission shows ill-defined T2 changes in both cerebellar hemispheres, periventricular white matter, and the pons. B) MRI of the brain 1 month later, showing nearly complete disappearance of the changes observed at admission.

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