Benzalkonium Chloride Intoxication Mimicking Herpes Zoster Encephalitis.
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Benzalkonium Chloride Intoxication Mimicking Herpes Zoster Encephalitis
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Trakya University
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1301-3149
DOI: 10.5174/tutfd.2009.02691.1