Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S7-S12 , 2007

Impaired Cerebral Autoregulation in a Case of Severe Acute Encephalitis

  • Sheng-Jean Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 9 December 2005 ,Revised 22 February 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60345-4

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60345-4

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S7-S12 , 2007

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