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Heroin-induced acute longitudinally extensive transverse myelopathy

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ID, VM, SM, and JD were supported from the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Grant Numbers175031 (ID, SM, JD) and 175087 (VM)).

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  1. Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

    Irena Dujmovic, Sarlota Mesaros & Jelena Drulovic

  2. Department of Neurology, University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

    Irena Dujmovic, Sarlota Mesaros & Jelena Drulovic

  3. MRI Center, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ivan Nikolic

  4. University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

    Vanja Martinovic

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Correspondence to Irena Dujmovic.

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Dujmovic, I., Nikolic, I., Martinovic, V. et al. Heroin-induced acute longitudinally extensive transverse myelopathy. Neurol Sci 39, 791–792 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3197-x

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