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In vitro Assessment of Myocardial Protection following Hypothermia-Preconditioning in a Human Cardiac Myocytes Model
Published on: October 27, 2020
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Predictors of mortality caused by hypothermia in Japan: Author's reply
Yasuharu Tokuda1, Naoto Ishimaru2
1Muribushi Project for Teaching Hospitals Okinawa Japan.
Journal of General and Family Medicine
|September 6, 2021
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