Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 105-108 , March 2010

Lower limb nerve blocks

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doi: 10.1016/j.mpaic.2009.12.014

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 105-108 , March 2010

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