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Delayed Leukoencephalopathy: A Rare Complication after Coiling of Cerebral Aneurysms

A. Ikemura, T. Ishibashi, K. Otani, I. Yuki, T. Kodama, I. Kan, N. Kato and Y. Murayama
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6386
A. Ikemura
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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T. Ishibashi
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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K. Otani
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
bSiemens Healthcare K.K. (K.O.), Tokyo, Japan
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I. Yuki
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
cDepartment of Neurological Surgery (I.Y.), University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.
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T. Kodama
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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I. Kan
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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N. Kato
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Y. Murayama
aFrom the Department of Neurosurgery (A.I., T.I., K.O., I.Y., T.K., I.K., N.K., Y.M.), Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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