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Chapter 21 - Intensive Care of Stroke

from Section 4 - Therapeutic Strategies and Neurorehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2019

By
Julian Bösel
Edited by
Michael Brainin  and
Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Michael Brainin
Affiliation:
Donau-Universität Krems, Austria
Wolf-Dieter Heiss
Affiliation:
Universität zu Köln
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Textbook of Stroke Medicine , pp. 355 - 375
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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