Systemic cooling to treat status epilepticus: an old idea becomes a hot topic

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John W Miller. Epilepsy Curr. 2009 May-Jun.

. 2009 May-Jun;9(3):67-9.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2009.01295.x.

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Hypothermia for refractory status epilepticus.
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