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Brain abscess in children

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, G.B. Pan Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, 110 002, New Delhi

    Brahm Prakash

  2. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pan Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College, 110 002, New Delhi

    Geeta Mehta

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Prakash, B., Mehta, G. Brain abscess in children. Indian J Pediatr 55, 246–250 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722191

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