Fatal complication of subclavian catheter
β Scribed by Ray J. Defalque
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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