Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 11 , Pages 541-544 , November 2009

Regional anaesthesia in patients taking anticoagulant drugs

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PII: S1472-0299(09)00214-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.08.009

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 10, Issue 11 , Pages 541-544 , November 2009

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