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Original Article

Feasibility of intraventricular nicardipine prolonged release implants in patients following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

Martin BarthDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pablo PenaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Marcel SeizDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Claudius ThoméDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Elke MuenchInstitute for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Stephan WeidauerDepartment of Neuroradiology, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany
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Elke HattingenDepartment of Neuroradiology, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany
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Hidetoshi KasuyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Peter SchmiedekDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Pages 677-683 | Received 17 Jul 2010, Accepted 13 Dec 2010, Published online: 23 Feb 2011

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