Infective endocarditis — a critical review
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Neurological manifestations of infective endocarditis: a review.
: Neurological Manifestations of Infective Endocarditis: A Review • Neurological complications are seen in patients with bacterial endocarditis and their incidence has not changed with the advent of antibiotics. Patients with abnormal neurological signs have a grave prognosis. Neurological sequelae of bacterial endocarditis are most often due to septic embolization producing ischemia and/or sup...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800842