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Invasive aspergillosis of the central nervous system in immunocompetent patients in Saudi Arabia: Case series and review of the literature

Mahmoud S. Taha, Mahmoud I. Haddad, Ali A. Almomen, Marwa M Abdulkader and Rami A. Alhazmi
Neurosciences Journal October 2021, 26 (4) 379-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210081
Mahmoud S. Taha
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Haddad), Department of Head and Neck Surgery (Almomen), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Alhazmi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mahmoud I. Haddad
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Haddad), Department of Head and Neck Surgery (Almomen), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Alhazmi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali A. Almomen
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Mahmoud S. Taha, Mahmoud I. Haddad, Ali A. Almomen, Marwa M Abdulkader, Rami A. Alhazmi
Neurosciences Journal Oct 2021, 26 (4) 379-384; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210081

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Neurosciences Journal Oct 2021, 26 (4) 379-384; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.4.20210081
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