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Study of hypothermia therapy after pediatric cardiac arrest.

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Doherty) The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada (Hutchison).
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (impact factor: 3.13). 03/2010; 11(2):315-6; author reply 316-7. DOI:10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181cbddb0 pp.315-6; author reply 316-7
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