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Cerebral large-vessel vasculitis as an unusual manifestation of POEMS syndrome

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  1. Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Piazzale Aristide Stefani, 1, 37126, Verona, Italy

    Stefano Forlivesi, Ruggero Bacchin, Manuel Cappellari & Bruno Bonetti

  2. Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Bolzano Central Hospital, Via Lorenz Böhler, 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    Elisa Dall’Ora, Roberto Currò Dossi & Bruno Bonetti

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Forlivesi, S., Bacchin, R., Cappellari, M. et al. Cerebral large-vessel vasculitis as an unusual manifestation of POEMS syndrome. Neurol Sci 38, 1529–1531 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-2965-y

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