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. 2022 Sep;269(9):4618-4622.
doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11188-7. Epub 2022 May 18.

Combined central and peripheral demyelination after COVID-19 vaccination

Pedro Coelho  1 , André Paula  2 , Isabel Vidal Martins  2 , Catarina Falcão de Campos  2   3 , João Ferreira  2   3 , Ana Patrícia Antunes  2   3 , Luísa Albuquerque  2   3
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Combined central and peripheral demyelination after COVID-19 vaccination

Pedro Coelho et al. J Neurol. 2022 Sep.
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a, b Spinal cord lesions identified at C7, C7-Th1, Th5-Th6 and Th11-Th12 levels (T2-STIR sequence); none of the lesions presented gadolinium enhancement; c, d spinal cord lesion at C7 level and at D4 level in an axial view (T2-sequence sequence); e, f improvement of the lesions previously identified on the follow-up MRI at 4 months
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