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Acute leukoencephalopathy and thyroiditis induced by capecitabine

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Roi Albert II, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    M. Mossakowski & C. Van Marcke

  2. Department of Neurology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    S. Jacobs & B. Hanseeuw

  3. Institute of Neuroscience, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium

    B. Hanseeuw

  4. Radiology Department, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    B. Hanseeuw

  5. Department of Radiology/Neuroradiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    T. Duprez

  6. Institute for Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC, Pôle MIRO), Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium

    C. Van Marcke

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Mossakowski, M., Jacobs, S., Hanseeuw, B. et al. Acute leukoencephalopathy and thyroiditis induced by capecitabine. Acta Neurol Belg 122, 1373–1375 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-01893-5

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