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Radiation Exposure Prior to Ischemia Decreases Lesion Volume, Brain Edema and Cell Death

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Brain Edema XIV

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Titova, E. et al. (2010). Radiation Exposure Prior to Ischemia Decreases Lesion Volume, Brain Edema and Cell Death. In: Czernicki, Z., Baethmann, A., Ito, U., Katayama, Y., Kuroiwa, T., Mendelow, D. (eds) Brain Edema XIV. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 106. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-98811-4_8

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