Cerebral aspergillosis in immunologically competent patients.

@article{Kim1993CerebralAI,
  title={Cerebral aspergillosis in immunologically competent patients.},
  author={D. G. Kim and S. C. Hong and H. Jeffrey Kim and Je Geun Chi and M H Han and K. S. Choi and D. H. Han},
  journal={Surgical neurology},
  year={1993},
  volume={40 4},
  pages={
          326-31
        }
}
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