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  1. Associate Professor Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiology Department of Critical Care Medicine Investigator, Center for Neuroscience Research Children’s Research Institute Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Michael J. Bell MD

  2. Clinical Instructor, Division of Neurology, George Washington University Medical Center, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Taeun Chang MD

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Bell, M.J., Chang, T. (2009). Central Nervous System Monitoring. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) The Central Nervous System in Pediatric Critical Illness and Injury. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-993-6_1

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