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The ethics of prophylactic antibiotics for neurosurgical procedures
- Correspondence to: Dr S I Savitz, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, KS-406, Boston, MA 02215, USA; ssavitz{at}caregroup.harvard.edu
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The ethics of prophylactic antibiotics for neurosurgical procedures
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- Accepted April 28, 2002
- Revised April 28, 2002
- First published December 1, 2002.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2002 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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