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Hirnstammenzephalitis durch Listerien

Brainstem encephalitis from Listeria

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Block, F., Pflieger, B. & Wiesmann, M. Hirnstammenzephalitis durch Listerien. Nervenarzt 82, 1040–1042 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-010-3221-3

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