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Use of steroids to reduce high fever in head injury—is it acceptable?

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Grände, PO. Use of steroids to reduce high fever in head injury—is it acceptable?. Intensive Care Med 32, 2079 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0396-y

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