Cerebral abscess after presumed superficial periorbital wound

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 444-445

  Ecklund, James M ^a   Mauer, Paul K ^b   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; ORBIT FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0344690139     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.6.444     Document Type: Article

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