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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul;43(7):4583-4586.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-022-06052-5. Epub 2022 Apr 4.

Toxocara canis infection manifesting as cerebral vasculitis: a case report

Simela Chatzikonstantinou  1 , Konstantinos Polymeropoulos  2 , Alexia Stavrati  2 , Galaktion Konstantinidis  2 , Dimitrios Kazis  2
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Case Reports

Toxocara canis infection manifesting as cerebral vasculitis: a case report

Simela Chatzikonstantinou et al. Neurol Sci. 2022 Jul.
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