Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , February 2002

A new classification and a synergetical pattern in intracranial hypertension

Received 5 July 2000 ,Accepted 16 August 2001.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1501

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 159-163 , February 2002

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