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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with debut of a late onset coeliac disease—a case report

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This study was funded by the Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, Norway.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Akershus University Hospital, PO Box 1000, 1478, Lørenskog, Norway

    Jonas Alexander Jarholm, Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen, Christine Wohlleben & Kashif Waqar Faiz

  2. Department of General Practice, Helsam, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen

  3. Department of Radiology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

    Svetozar Zarnovicky

  4. Research Centre, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

    Kashif Waqar Faiz

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Jarholm, J.A., Kristoffersen, E.S., Wohlleben, C. et al. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with debut of a late onset coeliac disease—a case report. Neurol Sci 39, 799–801 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3207-z

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