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Non-invasive Optical Measurement of Cerebral Metabolism and Hemodynamics in Infants
Published on: March 14, 2013
Comparison of peripheral and cerebral tissue oxygenation index in neonates
Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
|February 26, 2009
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