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Frostbite complicating therapeutic surface cooling after heat stroke

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  1. Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Mickaël Tobalem, Ali Modarressi, Badwi Elias, Yves Harder & Brigitte Pittet

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Mickaël Tobalem, Yves Harder & Brigitte Pittet

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Tobalem, M., Modarressi, A., Elias, B. et al. Frostbite complicating therapeutic surface cooling after heat stroke. Intensive Care Med 36, 1614–1615 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1889-2

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