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‘Treat first, ask later?’ Emergency research in acute neurology and neurotraumatology in the European Union

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA , Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Erwin J. O. Kompanje & Andrew I. R. Maas

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Kompanje, E.J.O., Maas, A.I.R. ‘Treat first, ask later?’ Emergency research in acute neurology and neurotraumatology in the European Union. Intensive Care Med 30, 168–169 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-2044-0

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