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Review Article

A review of eight cases of cavernous sinus thrombosis secondary to sphenoid sinusitis, including a12-year-old girl at the present department

Yun-Hu WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;
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Po-Yen ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; ;Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;
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Pei-Ju TingDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan;
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Fang-Liang HuangDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; ;Department of Physical Therapy, Hung Kuang University, Taichung, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 641-646 | Received 24 Apr 2017, Accepted 12 May 2017, Published online: 23 May 2017

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