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Review Article| Volume 49, ISSUE 1, P137-147, March 2022

Beyond the Clinical Trials

Off-Protocol Therapeutic Hypothermia
  • Naomi T. Laventhal
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author.
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    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Michigan Medicine–University of Michigan Medical School, 8-621 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, SPC 4254, 1540 East Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-4254, USA
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  • John D.E. Barks
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    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Michigan Medicine–University of Michigan Medical School, 8-621 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, SPC 4254, 1540 East Hospital Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-4254, USA
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Published:January 21, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2021.11.008

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