Clinical Experience and Management of Cervico-Thoracic Epidural Hematoma
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Thoracic epidural anesthesia and epidural hematoma.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2005-3711
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2010.47.5.381