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Serially Changing Metronidazole-Induced Encephalopathy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Sung-Min Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul
Hyung-Woo Shin
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University, College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea
Hyun Jeong Han
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University, College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea
Jong-Ho Park*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University, College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea
*
Department of Neurology, Myongji Hospital, Kwandong University College of Medicine, 697-24 Hwajeong-dong Deokyang-gu Goyang, Gyeonggi-do 412-270, Korea
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Abstract

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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2011

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