Prolonged Comatose State Followed by Rapid Recovery in a Patient with Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis |
Cho, Kee-Yong
(Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
Park, Young-Eun (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) Kim, Jong-Kuk (Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) Joo, Jae Hyung (Department of Neurology, Parkwonwuk Hospital) Park, Kyu-Hyun (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) Kim, Dae-Seong (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) |
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