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. 1998 Mar;78(2):F85–F88. doi: 10.1136/fn.78.2.f85

Treatment of hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage by moderate hypothermia

A Edwards, J Wyatt, M Thoresen
PMCID: PMC1720772  PMID: 9577275

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