First report of a Romanian CADASIL patient following immigration to Italy
F. Pescini,
F. Pescini
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Search for more papers by this author S. Bianchi,
S. Bianchi
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author M. T. Dotti,
M. T. Dotti
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author A. Federico,
A. Federico
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author D. Inzitari,
D. Inzitari
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Search for more papers by this author L. Pantoni,
L. Pantoni
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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F. Pescini,
F. Pescini
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Search for more papers by this author S. Bianchi,
S. Bianchi
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author M. T. Dotti,
M. T. Dotti
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author A. Federico,
A. Federico
Neurometabolic Unit, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Search for more papers by this author D. Inzitari,
D. Inzitari
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Search for more papers by this author L. Pantoni,
L. Pantoni
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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First published: 25 July 2007
Leonardo Pantoni, MD, PhD, Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy (tel.: 39 055 7947 995; fax: 39 055 4298 461; e-mail:
[email protected]).
No abstract is available for this article.
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