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01-10-2014 | Letter to the editor - Brain Tumors

5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in infectious disease of the brain

Authors: Benjamin Voellger, Johann Klein, Christian Mawrin, Raimund Firsching

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 10/2014

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Title: 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in infectious disease of the brain
Authors: Benjamin Voellger
Johann Klein
Christian Mawrin
Raimund Firsching
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 10/2014
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-014-2169-7

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