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Hyperintense lesion in the corpus callosum associated with Puumala hantavirus infection

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Expert technical assistance by Mrs. C. Stephan (Charité Berlin) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst, Gotenstr. 6-8, 65929, Frankfurt, Germany

    Thorsten Steiner

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Zhongying Peng

  3. Institute of Medical Virology, Helmut-Ruska-Haus, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany

    Jakob Ettinger & Jörg Hofmann

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany

    Marius Hartmann

  5. Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Ulrich Burkhardt & Paul Schnitzler

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Steiner, T., Ettinger, J., Peng, Z. et al. Hyperintense lesion in the corpus callosum associated with Puumala hantavirus infection. J Neurol 259, 1742–1745 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6437-2

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