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. 2003 Sep;74(Suppl 3):iii10–iii15. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.74.suppl_3.iii10

General medical care on the neuromedical intensive care unit

R Howard, J Radcliffe, N Hirsch
PMCID: PMC1765632  PMID: 12933909

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