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Symptoms of Cerebral Edema

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In many not necessarily fatal brain diseases concomitant cerebral edema may cause the death of the patient. Even extracerebral noxae such as hypoxia, substrate deficit due to disturbance of respiration, circulation or metabolism and intoxications may initiate critical cerebral edema (Table 1). The final stage of the most varied cerebral and extracerebral diseases is complicated by edema of the brain, the uniform pathogenetic terminal.

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Berndt, S.F. (1982). Symptoms of Cerebral Edema. In: Hartmann, A., Brock, M. (eds) Treatment of Cerebral Edema. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68707-5_6

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