Selective brain cooling in hyperthermia: The mechanisms and medical implications

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-211

  Nagasaka, T ^a   Brinnel, H ^b   Hales, J R S ^c   Ogawa, T ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dept of Pathophysiology and Med   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COOLING; EARDRUM; HEAT EXCHANGE; HORSE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SYMPOSIUM; THERMOREGULATION;

EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; ROSACEA;

EID: 0031935518     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90019-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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