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01-08-2011 | Letter to the editor

Misdiagnosed shoulder tip pain: complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Authors: Jozsef Lorant Lang, John Amaechi Emelifeonwu, Richard Herford Hatfield, Paul Leach

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 8/2011

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Title: Misdiagnosed shoulder tip pain: complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Authors: Jozsef Lorant Lang
John Amaechi Emelifeonwu
Richard Herford Hatfield
Paul Leach
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1013-6

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