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Neuraxial blockade and patient risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2005

B. J. Egan
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
A. R. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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