Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17 , March 2009

Physiologic and Pharmacologic Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

  • Santina Zanelli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Santina Zanelli, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Box 800386, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
    • ,
  • Karen Fairchild, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2008.12.005

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17 , March 2009

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