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. 2001 Sep;71(Suppl 1):i20–i23. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.71.suppl_1.i20

THE PROGNOSIS OF MEDICAL COMA

D Bates
PMCID: PMC1765562  PMID: 11511738

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