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Recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leaks and bacterial meningitis in complex posttraumatic dural-lymphatic skull-base malformation after craniocerebral injury in childhood

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  1. Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Carmela Koch, Anne Lorenz, Werner G. Hosemann & Achim G. Beule

  2. Institute of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Patrick Thamm

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Koch, C., Lorenz, A., Thamm, P. et al. Recurrent cerebrospinal fluid leaks and bacterial meningitis in complex posttraumatic dural-lymphatic skull-base malformation after craniocerebral injury in childhood. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 271, 2333–2337 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-2960-3

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