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Teaching NeuroImage: Hypothalamic Involvement in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder in a Child
Juan Esteban Cote-Orozco1, Natalia Vélez-Tirado2
1From the Paediatric Neurology Department, Bogota (J.E.C.-O.), Hospital Militar Central-Universidad Militar Nueva Granada; Clínica del Country (J.E.C.-O., N.V.-T.), Bogotá; and Paediatric Immunology and Allergy Department (N.V.-T.), Fundación Hospital Pediátrico La Misericordia, Bogota, Colombia. je.coteorozco@gmail.com.
Neurology
|July 8, 2022
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