Acute bacterial meningitis in childhood. Incidence and mortality in a defined population.

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• Publication year

  1976

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  1976-01-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(76)92921-4PMID 54527
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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