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Central anticholinergic syndrome in the intensive care unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

B. L. De Keulenaer ,
S. Philpot ,
M. Wilkinson ,
D. P. Stephens  and
A. DeBacker
B. L. De Keulenaer
Affiliation:
Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
S. Philpot
Affiliation:
Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
M. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
D. P. Stephens
Affiliation:
Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
A. DeBacker
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Campus Stuivenberg, Antwerp, Belgium
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , June 2004 , pp. 499 - 501
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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