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Overview of Neuroimmunology

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Patients with neuroimmunological syndromes pose many clinical challenges for the attending physician. Even experienced clinicians occasionally arrive at the point where diagnostic, work-up, treatment, or prognosis becomes blocked.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China

    Heng Liu

  2. Department of Radiology, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Li Li & Hongjun Li

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  2. Department of Radiology, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Hongjun Li

  3. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Meng Law

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Liu, H., Li, L., Li, H. (2019). Overview of Neuroimmunology. In: Gao, B., Li, H., Law, M. (eds) Imaging of CNS Infections and Neuroimmunology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6904-9_14

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