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Intra-Arterial Nimodipine for the Treatment of Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Preliminary Results
Alessandra Biondi, Giuseppe K. Ricciardi, Louis Puybasset, Lamine Abdennour, Marcello Longo, Jacques Chiras and Rémy Van Effenterre
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2004, 25 (6) 1067-1076;
Alessandra Biondi
Giuseppe K. Ricciardi
Louis Puybasset
Lamine Abdennour
Marcello Longo
Jacques Chiras

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Intra-Arterial Nimodipine for the Treatment of Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Preliminary Results
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Alessandra Biondi, Giuseppe K. Ricciardi, Louis Puybasset, Lamine Abdennour, Marcello Longo, Jacques Chiras, Rémy Van Effenterre
American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2004, 25 (6) 1067-1076;
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