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Brief Report

Finite element analysis of an elastic model of the brain: Distortion due to acute epidural hematoma–the role of the intra-ventricular pressure gradient

, M.D., M.P.H., &
Pages 131-136 | Received 23 Jul 2005, Accepted 22 Mar 2006, Published online: 06 Jan 2010

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