Neurologic Disease

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1601-1608

  Solomon, Tom ^a   Danesi, Mustapha ^b   Bia, Frank J ^c   Bleck, Thomas P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052777449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06668-9.50135-6     Document Type: Chapter

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