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Pyogenic ventriculitis and the ‘lodge sign’

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2GW, UK

    William Biu Lo

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, UK

    Rathijit Mitra & Erminia Albanese

  3. Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, UK

    Anthony Cadwgan

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Lo, W.B., Mitra, R., Cadwgan, A. et al. Pyogenic ventriculitis and the ‘lodge sign’. Acta Neurochir 158, 1849–1850 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2914-1

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