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Dzhindzhikhadze R.S.

Kafedra neĭrokhirurgii GOU DPO RMAPO Roszdrava, Moskva

Dreval' O.N.

Rossiĭskaia meditsinskaia akademiia poslediplomnogo obrazovaniia, Moskva

Lazarev V.A.

Kafedra neĭrokhirurgii GOU DPO RMAPO Roszdrava, Moskva

Decompressive hemicraniectomy in extensive ischemic middle cerebral artery stroke

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Dzhindzhikhadze R.S., Dreval' O.N., Lazarev V.A.

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Journal: Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2012;76(3): 69‑74

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Dzhindzhikhadze RS, Dreval' ON, Lazarev VA. Decompressive hemicraniectomy in extensive ischemic middle cerebral artery stroke. Burdenko's Journal of Neurosurgery. 2012;76(3):69‑74. (In Russ.)

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