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    Juan A. Llompart-Pou, Jon Pérez-Bárcena, Josep M. Abadal & Javier Homar

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Llompart-Pou, J.A., Pérez-Bárcena, J., Abadal, J.M. et al. Comment on “The Lund Concept for the treatment of severe head trauma—physiological principles and clinical application”. Intensive Care Med 32, 2078 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0395-z

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