Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Ruptured Cerebral Mycotic Aneurysm
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Classical complication of infective endocarditis: ruptured, large mycotic cerebral aneurysm.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Cardi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107689108401218