Infantile and childhood bacterial meningitis

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 1115-1125

  Lepage, Philippe ^a   Dan, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 84876813158     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52910-7.00031-3     Document Type: Chapter

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