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Pesonen, E., Silvasti-Lundell, M., Niemi, T.T. et al. In response to: “Temperature monitoring with zero-heat-flux technology in neurosurgical patients”. J Clin Monit Comput 33, 931–932 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-019-00275-2

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