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Cerebral Abscesses Resulting from H1N1 Influenza with Staphylococcal Co-Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Derek J. Roberts ,
John J.P. Kelly ,
Rajiv Midha  and
Aleksa Cenic
Derek J. Roberts
Affiliation:
Departure of Surgery, University of Calgary and the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
John J.P. Kelly
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary and the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Rajiv Midha
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary and the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Aleksa Cenic*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary and the Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 147 - 150
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 2011

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