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01-09-2011 | Correspondence

Reply to Sprung et al: steroid treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

Authors: Andre C. Kalil, Junfeng Sun

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2011

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Title: Reply to Sprung et al: steroid treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Authors: Andre C. Kalil
Junfeng Sun
Publication date: 01-09-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2295-0

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