Widespread spinal epidural abscesses extending to cerebral ventricles
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Epidural abscesses.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2049-4173
DOI: 10.1111/ncn3.12130