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Child's cardiac tumour unmasked during tonsillectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

A. Leontidou
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
K. Papadopoulou
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
K. Vlachtsis
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Douvantzi
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
A. Zambouri
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
P. Petropoulou
Affiliation:
Departments of Anaesthesiology, Paediatrics and Laryngology, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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