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Neurosyphilis mimicking young-onset Alzheimer’s disease: a case report explaining the pitfalls of FDG-PET

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    Sarah Verjans & Rik Vandenberghe

  2. Nuclear Department, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Koen Van Laere

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Verjans, S., Van Laere, K. & Vandenberghe, R. Neurosyphilis mimicking young-onset Alzheimer’s disease: a case report explaining the pitfalls of FDG-PET. Acta Neurol Belg 116, 207–210 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-015-0508-y

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