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Cerebral echinococcus that can be confused with brain tumour: a case report

Şule Göktürk
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Yasin Göktürk
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  1. University of Health Sciences, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
Folia Neuropathol 2023; 61 (4): 448-451
Online publish date: 2023/09/14
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