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Research Article

Brain abscess decades after a penetrating shrapnel injury

G. Marquardt, U. Schick, W. Moller-Hartmann Neurosurgical Clinic, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Department of Neuroradiology, JohannWolfgang von Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Pages 246-248 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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