Intracranial malignant lesions correlate with the requirement for a long treatment course in postoperative central nervous system infection.

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Published in Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat on November 04, 2014

Authors

Heng Zhou1, Xinghu Zhang1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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