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Brain abscess secondary to paranasal sinusitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. J. Bradley*
Affiliation:
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.
K. P. Manning
Affiliation:
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology.
M. D. M. Shaw
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Walton Hospital, Rice Lane, Liverpool L9 1AE.
*
ENT Department, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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