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Sep 2019
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Detection of brain activation in unrespo...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Jan Claassen discusses the main takeaways from his NEJM paper on detection of brain activation in unresponsive patients with acute brain injury.

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