The biochemical basis of coma

Psycoloquy

Volumn 10, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Smythies, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Coma; Consciousness; Desferrioxaminedopamine; GABA; General glutamate iron; Redox mechanisms; Synapses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003350120     PISSN: 10550143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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