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Neurologic outcome after decompressive craniectomy in children

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Academic Teaching Hospital, State Hospital, 6800, Feldkirch, Austria

    B. Simma & A. Tscharre

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Academic Teaching Hospital, State Hospital, 6800, Feldkirch, Austria

    N. Hejazi & L. Krasznai

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Teaching Hospital, State Hospital, 6800, Feldkirch, Austria

    P. Fae

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Simma, B., Tscharre, A., Hejazi, N. et al. Neurologic outcome after decompressive craniectomy in children. Intensive Care Med 28, 1000 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-002-1333-3

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