Human rabies encephalitis following bat exposure: failure of therapeutic coma
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Human rabies encephalitis following bat exposure: failure of therapeutic coma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071326