Brain abscess decades after a penetrating shrapnel injury

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 246-248

  Marquardt, Gerhard ^a   Schick, U ^a   Moller Hartmann W ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Head injury; Missile brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034044731     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026886900408450     Document Type: Article

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