Pediatric Regional Anesthesia

Smith's Anesthesia for Infants and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 459-506

  Ross, Allison Kinder ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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