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Acute Encephalopathy and Cardiac Arrest Induced by Intrathecal Gadolinium Administration

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  1. Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

    Bianca Besteher, Ha-Yeun Chung, Otto W. Witte & Matthias Schwab

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Philosophenweg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Bianca Besteher

  3. Department of Neuroradiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

    Thomas E. Mayer & Klaus Kirchhof

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Besteher, B., Chung, HY., Mayer, T.E. et al. Acute Encephalopathy and Cardiac Arrest Induced by Intrathecal Gadolinium Administration. Clin Neuroradiol 30, 629–631 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-019-00845-6

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