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Evaluation of cerebral gas retention and oedema formation in decompressed rats by using a simple gravimetric method

A. Hjelde Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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V. Nossum Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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M. Steinsvik Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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J. I. Bagstevold Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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A. O. Brubakk Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Pages 263-270 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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