Post COVID-19 Vaccination Encephalitis as a Cause of Subacute Progressive Dementia: A Case Report and Literature Review

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Heui-Seop Jung (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Yun Jeong Hong (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Seong Hoon Kim (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Yun Sang Oh (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Si Baek Lee (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Myung Ah Lee (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
Jeong Wook Park (Department of Neurology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)

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