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Brain abscess following endoscopic ligation of esophageal varicose veins

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel, 49100

    Yosef Laviv, Uzi Ben-Daviv & Zvi H. Rappaport

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel, 49100

    Morad Vated

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Laviv, Y., Ben-Daviv, U., Vated, M. et al. Brain abscess following endoscopic ligation of esophageal varicose veins. Acta Neurochir 152, 733–734 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0539-3

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