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Chapter 19 - Anesthetic-Induced Neurotoxicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2018

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Mary Ellen McCann
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Craig D. McClain
Sulpicio G. Soriano
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Essentials of Pediatric Neuroanesthesia , pp. 159 - 172
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