Development of a new CSF-shunt with sustained release of an antimicrobial broad-spectrum combination

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-123

  Schierholz, Jörg Michael ^a,b   Pulverer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031171681     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80082-5     Document Type: Article

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