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Musculoskeletal sonopathology and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia

Alan J R Macfarlane, Brian D Sites, Vincent R Sites

    HSS Journal : the Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery
    |February 2, 2012
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    anesthesiaregional anesthesiaultrasound

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