To Cite:
Haghighi
M, Moghtader Mojdehi
A, Faridi
S. Cephalic Tetanus Presenting With Trismus in an Intravenous Drug Abuser,
Arch Clin Infect Dis.
2015
; 10(1):e23408.
doi: 10.5812/archcid.23408.
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