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Superior diagnostic performance of reduced-FOV DWI versus conventional DWI MRI in anti-NMDAR encephalitis

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    Salvatore Monaco, Sara Mariotto, Anna Bolzan & Sergio Ferrari

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SM: data generation and interpretation, design of the study, and drafting the manuscript. SMa, AB, SF, and FA: clinical data collection, data generation and interpretation, and revising the manuscript for intellectual content All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Sara Mariotto received support for attending scientific meetings by Merck and Euroimmun. Sergio Ferrari received support for attending scientific meetings by Shire, Sanofi Genzyme, and Euroimmun. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Monaco, S., Mariotto, S., Bolzan, A. et al. Superior diagnostic performance of reduced-FOV DWI versus conventional DWI MRI in anti-NMDAR encephalitis. Neurol Sci 42, 1567–1569 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04799-3

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