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Cerebral oedema and monitoring of intracranial pressure in fulminant hepatic failure

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  1. The Liver Unit, King’s College Hospital and Medical School, Denmark Hill, London SE5

    R. Ede M.B., A. E. S. Gimson M.B., J. Cannalese M.D. & Roger Williams M.D.

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The work of numerous past and present research fellows in the Liver Failure Unit is gratefully acknowledged without whose help the present results could not be possible.

The work has represented part of an ongoing investigation into the development of ALS funded by the Medical Research Council of Great Britain.

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Ede, R., Gimson, A.E.S., Cannalese, J. et al. Cerebral oedema and monitoring of intracranial pressure in fulminant hepatic failure. Gastroenterol Jpn 17, 163–176 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02774554

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