Fatal acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with cytomegalovirus infection

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zaguri, Reut ^a   Shelef, Ilan ^a   Ifergan, Gal ^a   Almog, Yaniv ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84897586154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0443     Document Type: Article

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