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Retrospective diagnosis of fatal herpes simplex myelitis by immunocytochemistry and polymerase chain reaction.

C E Clarke, P M Crawford, A M Clarke, D Dockey, L R Bridges
PMCID: PMC485504  PMID: 7931397

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