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Spinal abscess and bacterial meningitis in Crohn's disease

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Neurology, and Neuroradiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 4000, Duesseldorf, Germany

    Michael Piontek MD, Klaus-Jürgen Hengels MD, Harald Hefter MD, Albrecht Aulich MD & Georg Strohmeyer MD

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Piontek, M., Hengels, KJ., Hefter, H. et al. Spinal abscess and bacterial meningitis in Crohn's disease. Digest Dis Sci 37, 1131–1135 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01300299

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