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Shunting in tuberculous meningitis: a neurosurgeon’s nightmare

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

    Dattatraya Muzumdar

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 400012, India

    Dattatraya Muzumdar

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Muzumdar, D. Shunting in tuberculous meningitis: a neurosurgeon’s nightmare. Childs Nerv Syst 24, 1383–1384 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-008-0741-2

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