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Editorial
. 2005 May;33(5):1153-4.
doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000162492.74978.77.

Elevated cytokines in pneumococcal meningitis: Chicken or egg?

Enitan D Carrol, Paul Baines
Editorial

Elevated cytokines in pneumococcal meningitis: Chicken or egg?

Enitan D Carrol et al. Crit Care Med. 2005 May.
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