Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 276-286 , October 2010

Techniques for therapeutic hypothermia during transport and in hospital for perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy

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Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 276-286 , October 2010

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