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Research Article

Risk and Case Fatality Rate of Meningitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Ingolf Mølle, Ane Marie Thulstrup, Nicolaj Svendsen, Henrik C. Schønheyder, Henrik Toft Sørensen The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Pages 407-410 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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