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- Dept. of Neurology, Krankenhaus München-Harlaching, Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH, Sanatoriumsplatz 2, 81545, München, Germany
S. Kirsch MD & R. L. Haberl MD - Dept. of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
P. Dekumyoy PhD - Abteilung für Infektions- und Tropenmedizin der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Leopoldstraße 5, 80802, München, Germany
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Kirsch, S., Dekumyoy, P., Löscher, T. et al. A case of eosinophilic meningitis in Germany.J Neurol 255, 1102–1103 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0846-2
- Received: 02 September 2007
- Revised: 21 November 2007
- Accepted: 12 December 2007
- Published: 19 May 2008
- Issue Date: July 2008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-008-0846-2