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. 1987 Mar;50(3):358–360. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.3.358

Primary cerebral lymphoma mimicking tuberculosis: case report.

P R Barker, J S Kwan, J P Patten
PMCID: PMC1031807  PMID: 3559618

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