McCoy Laryngoscope: A savior in patient with limited mouth opening
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0970-9185
DOI: 10.4103/joacp.joacp_210_18