Complications Associated with Neurolytic Blocks

Complications in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 273-285

  Benzon, Honorio T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2392-0.50032-7     Document Type: Chapter

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