Current practice in thoracic sympathectomy

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 807-811

  Chaudhuri, Nilanjan ^a   Birdi, Inderpaul ^a   Ritchie, Andrew J ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; PAIN; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033217377     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.11.1234     Document Type: Article

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