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Kernie, S.G., Lehman, S.M. (2009). Intracranial Hypertension. 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_5

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