Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 207-215 , December 2009

To Autoregulate or Not to Autoregulate—That is No Longer the Question

  • Gorm Greisen, MD, DMSc

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gorm Greisen, MD, DMSc, Department of Neonatology, Rigshospitalet 5024, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.09.002

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 207-215 , December 2009

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