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Central nervous system complications of acute tonsillitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Natalie Morgan
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK.
Gerald B. Brookes*
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Gerald B. Brookes, F.R.C.S., Department of Neuro-Otology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1 3BG.
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Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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