Recurrent nocardial brain abscesses treated by repeated stereotactic aspirations

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-100

  Favre, Jacques ^a,c   Curty, Bertrand ^a   Steel, Timothy ^b   Baltuch, Gordon ^a   Genné, Daniel ^a   Kernan, Jennifer ^b   Fankhauser, Heinz ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Nocardia; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544272565     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90214-4     Document Type: Article

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