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Arthroscopic knee surgery in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis: the role of intra-articular local anaesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

S. S. Reuben
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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