Current channeling: A theory of nerve stimulator failure [9]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1531-1532

  Ben David, Bruce ^a   Chelly, Jacques E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037408015     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000057767.66559.8A     Document Type: Letter

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