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Myth: Cerebrospinal fluid analysis can differentiate bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Thomas P. Graham
Thomas P. Graham*
Affiliation:
Medicine/Emergency Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
*
Emergency Medicine Center, 924 Westwood Blvd., Ste. 300, Los Angeles CA 90024 USA; 310 825-1952, fax 818 776-1872, tpython@aol.com

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Type
Medical Mythology • Mythes médicaux
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , September 2003 , pp. 348 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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