Pyogenic meningitis due to a vertebral abscess.

نویسندگان

  • C Hoyle
  • W R Timperley
  • J L Maddocks
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British medical journal

دوره 1 6176  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1979