A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH INTRACRANEAL HYPERTENSION AND IMPAIRED SENSATION OVER THE PERINEUM AND LEFT FOOT
Henda Foreid
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorCândida Barroso
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorHerculano Carvalho
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Morgado
Department of Neurological Imagiology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorLúcia Roque
Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorJosé Pimentel
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorHenda Foreid
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorCândida Barroso
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorHerculano Carvalho
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorCarlos Morgado
Department of Neurological Imagiology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorLúcia Roque
Laboratory of Cytogenetics, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon
Search for more papers by this authorJosé Pimentel
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Hospital de Santa Maria; Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon
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