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Selected Articles: Mannitol in head injuries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Michael J. Bullard
Michael J. Bullard*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
*
[email protected]

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CJEM Journal Club • Club de lecture du JCMU
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 1999 , pp. 104 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999

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