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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2015

01-08-2015 | Letter

Organ failures on admission in patients with Ebola virus disease

Authors: Julien Bordes, Frédéric Janvier, Marc Aletti, Thierry de Greslan, Nicolas Gagnon, Jean Cotte, Claire Rousseau, Magali Billhot, Jean Marie Cournac, Ludovic Karkowski, Sophie Moroge, Sandrine Duron, Thierry Carmoi, Gilles Cellarier

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2015

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Title
Organ failures on admission in patients with Ebola virus disease
Authors
Julien Bordes
Frédéric Janvier
Marc Aletti
Thierry de Greslan
Nicolas Gagnon
Jean Cotte
Claire Rousseau
Magali Billhot
Jean Marie Cournac
Ludovic Karkowski
Sophie Moroge
Sandrine Duron
Thierry Carmoi
Gilles Cellarier
Publication date
01-08-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3912-0

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