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A review of the historical landmarks of neurobrucellosis is given starting in 1861 with Allen Marston and going up to the present days mentioning the landmark through that period. It includes the contributions of Allen Marston, David Bruce, Mathews Hughes, Bernhard Bang, Almroth Wright, Themistocles Zammit and Caruana Scicluna.
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Abbreviations
- CNS:
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Central nervous system
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Haddad, F.S. (2016). Historical Preview. In: Turgut, M., Haddad, F., de Divitiis, O. (eds) Neurobrucellosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24639-0_1
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