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Editorial
. 2023 Apr;81(4):327-328.
doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768674. Epub 2023 May 9.

It is all about timing: decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle-cerebral-artery infarction

Kosmas Macha  1 , Stefan Schwab  1
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Editorial

It is all about timing: decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle-cerebral-artery infarction

Kosmas Macha et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2023 Apr.
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