Intracranial abscess as a complication of X-linked agammaglobulinemia.

Childs Nerv Syst

Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, 170 Hyeonchung-ro, Namgu, Daegu, 42415, South Korea.

Published: November 2016

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