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Brachial plexus injury during anaesthesia in patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2006

G. Marzetti
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
E. Marret
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
J.-P. Lotz
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Oncology, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
B. Gattegno
Affiliation:
Department of Urology, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
F. Bonnet
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tenon University Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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