Central hyperthermia treated with baclofen for patient with pontine hemorrhage

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-272

  Lee, Hyun Cheol ^a   Kim, Jong Moon ^a   Lim, Jae Kuk ^a   Jo, Yoon Sik ^a   Kim, Shin Kyoung ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Fever; Hemorrhage; Pons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899509368     PISSN: 22340645     EISSN: 22340653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2014.38.2.269     Document Type: Article

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