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Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of neurosarcoidosis

Claudio TanaInternal Medicine Unit, Guastalla Hospital, AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Susanne WegenerDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Ewa BorysDepartment of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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Stefan PambuccianDepartment of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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Georgi TchernevPolyclinic for Dermatology and Venereology and Medical Faculty, University Hospital Lozenetz and Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Marco TanaDepartment of Medicine and Science of Aging, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy
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Maria Adele GiamberardinoDepartment of Medicine and Science of Aging, “G. d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy
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Mauro SilingardiInternal Medicine Unit, Guastalla Hospital, AUSL Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Pages 576-591 | Received 03 Jul 2015, Accepted 04 Sep 2015, Published online: 15 Oct 2015

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