Pyogenic ventriculitis secondary to ruptured brain abscess.
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Submitted by: Mohammed Benzagmout, MD, Saïd Boujraf, MD, PhD, Khalid Chakour, MD, Mohammed E. Chaoui, MD. Departments of Neurosurgery (Benzagmout, Chakour, Chaoui), and Radiology (Boujraf), University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, and the Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods (Boujraf), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, BP 1893, Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road, Fez 30000, Morocco. Tel. +212 (67) 780442. Fax. +212 (35) 619321. E-mail: [email protected]
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neurosciences
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007