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Remifentanil and high thoracic epidural anaesthesia: a successful combination for patients with myasthenia gravis undergoing transsternal thymectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2005

D. Mekiš  and
M. Kamenik
D. Mekiš
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia
M. Kamenik
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Maribor, Slovenia
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2005 , pp. 397 - 399
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© 2005 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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