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  1. Emergency Medicine Specialty School, Emergency Department, “Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese”, Viale Mario Bracci 16, Siena, Italy

    Jacopo Frizzi, Stefano Sartini, Matteo Borselli, Fulvio Bruni & Marcello Pastorelli

  2. Internal Medicine Specialty School, “Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese”, Viale Mario Bracci 16, Siena, Italy

    Veronica Bocchi

  3. Neuroimaging and Neurointerventional Radiology, Department of Neurological and Sensorial Sciences, “Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese”, Viale Mario Bracci 16, Siena, Italy

    Daniele Romano

  4. Emergency Medicine Specialty School, Medical, Surgical and Sensorial Sciences Department, Viale Mario Bracci 16, Siena, Italy

    Stefano Gonnelli

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Frizzi, J., Bocchi, V., Sartini, S. et al. An alarming deterioration of neurological status. Intern Emerg Med 9, 661–664 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-014-1084-5

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