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Fulminant fatal meningitis following partial resection of an endodermal cyst

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, K.E.M Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India

    Abhidha Shah, Dattatraya Muzumdar & Atul Goel

  2. Department of Pathology, K.E.M Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, 400012, India

    Naina Goel

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Shah, A., Muzumdar, D., Goel, N. et al. Fulminant fatal meningitis following partial resection of an endodermal cyst. Acta Neurochir 152, 729–730 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0528-6

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