Recurrent cardiac arrest caused by lateral medulla oblongata infarction

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Von Heinemann, Philipp ^a   Grauer, Oliver ^a   Schuierer, Gerhard ^a   Ritzka, Markus ^a   Bogdahn, Ulrich ^a   Kaiser, Bernhard ^a   Schlachetzki, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84896497036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2009.1625     Document Type: Article

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