Vascular hyporesponsiveness to vasopressors in septic shock: from bench to bedside
β Scribed by B. Levy; S. Collin; N. Sennoun; N. Ducrocq; A. Kimmoun; P. Asfar; P. Perez; F. Meziani
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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