Clinical characteristics of adult tetanus in a Taiwan medical center

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - Tập 110 - Trang 705-710 - 2011
Wei-Chieh Weng1,2, Wen-Yi Huang1,2, Tsung-I. Peng1,2, Yu-Yi Chien1,2, Kuo-Hsuan Chang2,3, Long-Sun Ro2,3, Rong-Kuo Lyu2,3, Chia-Lun Wu1,2
1Department of Neurology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan
2School of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan
3Department of Neurology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital at Linko, Linko, Taiwan

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