Molecular Pathophysiology of White Matter Anoxic-Ischemic Injury

Stroke

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 122-137

  Ransom, Bruce R ^a   Goldberg, Mark P ^b   Baltan, Selva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-5478-8.10008-9     Document Type: Chapter

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