Acute traumatic brain injury

Evidence-Based Neurology: Management of Neurological Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 142-150

  Arango, Miguel F ^a   Videtta, Walter ^b   Puppo, Corina ^c  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

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EID: 84890974830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988350.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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