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. 2011 Apr 19;12(2):265–266. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2002.tb01093.x

November 2001: 67‐year‐old man in coma requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation

Mubarak Al‐Gahtany 1, Kaiman Kovacs 1, Juan M Bilbao 1
PMCID: PMC8095813  PMID: 11958382

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