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Handbook of Neurocritical Care

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  1. Robert D. Stevens
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  1. Neurosciences Critical Care Unit, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Anish Bhardwaj MD (Associate Professor of Neurology, Vice Chairman, Co-Director, Staff Attending), Marek A. Mirski MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Director, Chief, Staff Attending) & John A. Ulatowski MD, PhD, MBA (Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Chairman, Staff Attending) (Associate Professor of Neurology, Vice Chairman, Co-Director, Staff Attending),  (Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Director, Chief, Staff Attending) &  (Professor of Anesthesiology, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Chairman, Staff Attending)

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Stevens, R.D. (2004). Spinal Cord Injury. In: Bhardwaj, A., Mirski, M.A., Ulatowski, J.A. (eds) Handbook of Neurocritical Care. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-772-7_12

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