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Mortality after local allergic response to titanium cranioplasty

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Hettige, S., Norris, J.S. Mortality after local allergic response to titanium cranioplasty. Acta Neurochir 154, 1725–1726 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-012-1429-7

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