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Herpes Radiculitis Following Surgery for Symptomatic Cervical Foraminal Stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Juergen Grauvogel  and
Vassilios I. Vougioukas
Juergen Grauvogel*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
Vassilios I. Vougioukas
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
*
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Breisacherstr. 64, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , November 2008 , pp. 661 - 663
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