Dysfunction of the diaphragm [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2036-2037

  Ahmed, Andaleeb A ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861361395     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1204076     Document Type: Letter

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