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General anaesthesia in a patient with motor neuron disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2005

B. Moser
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
P. Lirk
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
M. Lechner
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
M. Gottardis
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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