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Arteriojugular endothelin-1 gradients in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

David K Menon1, Diana Day, Rhoda E Kuc

  • 1Department of Anaesthesia and Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge CB2 2QQ, U.K. dkm@wbic.cam.ac.uk

Clinical Science (London, England : 1979)
|August 24, 2002
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cerebrovascular biomarkerssubarachnoid haemorrhageendothelin-1 measurementvasospasm prediction

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