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BK-virus progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

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  1. SC Neurologia e Stroke Unit AO Brotzu, Università degli Studi di Cagliari Dipartimento di Scienze mediche e Sanità Pubblica, Cagliari, Italy

    Marta Melis, Giovanni Cossu & Maurizio Melis

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze mediche e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    Marta Melis

  3. Laboratorio di Genetica e Genomica, Ospedale Pediatrico Microcitemico A.Cao, Cagliari, Italy

    Manuela Badiali

  4. SC Radiologia AO Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy

    Teresa Peltz

  5. SC Anatomia Patologica AO Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy

    Cristina Manieli

  6. Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Oncologiche e Anatomo Patologiche Policlinico Umberto I Roma, Rome, Italy

    Francesca Gianno

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Melis, M., Badiali, M., Peltz, T. et al. BK-virus progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. Neurol Sci 39, 1613–1615 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-018-3413-3

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