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Misinterpretation of the TEI-index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2005

J. Renner
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
P. H. Tonner
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
B. Bein
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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