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Haemorrhagic intracranial metastasis: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in the Emergency Department
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Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Submission date: 2025-09-21
Final revision date: 2026-01-04
Acceptance date: 2026-03-10
Publication date: 2026-03-13
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2026;58(1):47-48
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