Caudal anesthesia in children with shunt devices
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- Volume 17Issue 4Pediatric Anesthesia
- pages: 405-405
- First Published online: March 6, 2007
Platis Cari Maria, Kachko Ludmyla, Livni Gilat,
Efrat Rachel, Katz Jacob,
Livni Gilat
Infection Disease Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (email: [email protected] ).
Search for more papers by this authorPlatis Cari Maria, Kachko Ludmyla, Livni Gilat,
Efrat Rachel, Katz Jacob,
Livni Gilat
Infection Disease Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (email: [email protected] ).
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