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Case Reports
. 2014 Feb;4(1):88-90.
doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0b013e3182a9c641.

A 16-year-old transplant patient with amnesia, insomnia, and visual hallucinations

Jerome J Graber  1 , Nancy A Kernan  1 , Yasmin Khakoo  1
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Case Reports

A 16-year-old transplant patient with amnesia, insomnia, and visual hallucinations

Jerome J Graber et al. Neurol Clin Pract. 2014 Feb.
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Imaging Figure. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image demonstrates increased signal in the bilateral medial temporal lobes (A, B) with restricted diffusion (C), which resolved into chronic gliotic changes after treatment with foscarnet (D).
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