Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 298-300 , September 2008

Mannitol for Traumatic Brain Injury: Searching for the Evidence

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.10.013

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 298-300 , September 2008

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