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A free radical approach to tissue injury

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Organ Preservation

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Problems associated with hypoxic tissue damage emerge as central constraints in cardiovascular, neurosurgical and transplantation surgery. Achievements in these fields have been predominantly the results of advances in surgical techniques, medical and intensive-care methods.

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  1. H. H. Thaw
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  2. J. O. Forsberg
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. MRC Medical Cryobiology Group, University Department of Surgery, Douglas House,Trumpington Road, CB2 2AH, Cambridge, UK

    D. E. Pegg

  2. Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    I. A. Jacobsen

  3. Department of Surgery, University of California Medical Center, 225 Dickinson Street, 92103, San Diego, California, USA

    N. A. Halasz

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Thaw, H.H., Forsberg, J.O., Del Maestro, R.F., Gerdin, B., McKenzie, F.N., Arfors, KE. (1982). A free radical approach to tissue injury. In: Pegg, D.E., Jacobsen, I.A., Halasz, N.A. (eds) Organ Preservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6267-8_4

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