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Case Study

Low-grade infection complicating silastic dural substitute 32 years post-operatively

J. O. Ström Department of Clinical Chemistry,
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S. Boström Department of Neurosurgery, Institution of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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L. Bobinski Department of Neurosurgery, Institution of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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A. Theodorsson Department of Clinical Chemistry,; Department of Neurosurgery, Institution of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, PhD
Pages 250-254 | Received 30 May 2010, Accepted 19 Nov 2010, Published online: 10 Jan 2011

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