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Brachial plexus injury following median sternotomy
Corresponding author: Mi Ja Yun, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, National Medical Center, 243, Eulji-ro, Junggu, Seoul 100-799, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2260-4746, Fax: 82-2-2262-4766, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960191115