Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 295-303 , March 1990

Intracranial pressure monitoring and treatment: A contemporary view

    MD
  • LB Lehman

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: LB Lehman, MD, Neurological Surgery, 953 49th Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn, New York 11219.

Received 15 December 1988 ,Revised 28 August 1989 ,Accepted 28 September 1989.

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 295-303 , March 1990

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