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Discrepant findings between proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging in an immunocompetent patient with herpes simplex virus type 1 encephalitis

Jesper DamsgaardDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Edvard MarinovskijDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark
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Peter Derek Christian LeutscherDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus N, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 315-319 | Received 10 Oct 2011, Accepted 11 Oct 2011, Published online: 28 Nov 2011

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