Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 517-538 , December 2007

Prevention and treatment of intracranial hypertension

  • Jan-Peter A.H. Jantzen, MD, PhD, DEAA (Dr med habil, Professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Medical School at Mainz, Professor at University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, and Head)

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    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +49 511 9701580; Fax: +49 511 9701012.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.09.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 517-538 , December 2007

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