Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 47-48 , January 2003

A stroke-like presentation of glioblastoma multiforme

Received 4 June 2002 ,Accepted 16 October 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to: Hans H. Klüenemann, MD, University of Regensburg School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Universitatsstr 84, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany.

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doi: 10.1053/jscd.2003.8

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 47-48 , January 2003

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