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Research Article

Early Antibiotic Treatment May Prevent Complete Development of Lemierre's Syndrome: Experience from 2 Cases

Yaniv Sherer, Joseph Mishal, Octavian Leibovici
Pages 706-707 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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