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Seventh nerve palsy complicating meningococcal septicaemia

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  1. Jamie G. Cooper

    Present address: Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, 181, Deeside Gardens, AB15 7QA, Aberdeen, UK

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, UK

    Jamie G. Cooper & Michaela P. Davies

  2. Department of Medical Paediatrics, Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen, UK

    Ian A. Auchterlonie

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Cooper, J., Davies, M. & Auchterlonie, I. Seventh nerve palsy complicating meningococcal septicaemia. Eur J Pediatr 161, 414 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-002-0969-3

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