Chronic spinal cord lesions — don't forget Bier's block
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Anaesthesia for chronic spinal cord lesions.
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.537r-az0584r.x