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Research Article

Spinal epidural empyema

S. A. Pilkington Department of Neurosurgery Dunedin Hospital Dunedin New Zealand
,
S. A. Jackson Department of Neurosurgery Dunedin Hospital Dunedin New Zealand
&
G. R. Gillett Department of Neurosurgery Dunedin Hospital Dunedin New Zealand
Pages 196-200 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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