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A fatal case of cerebral aspergillosis in a diabetes mellitus patient

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  1. Department of Neurology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324# Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaohui Liu, Yongxiang Wang & Yifeng Du

  2. Department of Pathology, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, 324# Jingwu Road, Jinan, 250021, People’s Republic of China

    Wanrun Lin & Zhou Wang

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Liu, X., Lin, W., Wang, Y. et al. A fatal case of cerebral aspergillosis in a diabetes mellitus patient. Neurol Sci 36, 1717–1719 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2248-4

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