[Tetraplegia revealing a severe pneumococcal meningomyelitis: about a case and literature review].

Pan Afr Med J

Service d'Accueil des Urgences Médico-chirurgicales de l'Hôpital Militaire d'Instruction Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.

Published: March 2016

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