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Spurious bispectral index values due to electromyographic activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

O. Baldesi ,
N. Bruder ,
L. Velly  and
F. Gouin
O. Baldesi
Affiliation:
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital d'adultes de la Timone, Marseilles, France
N. Bruder
Affiliation:
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital d'adultes de la Timone, Marseilles, France
L. Velly
Affiliation:
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital d'adultes de la Timone, Marseilles, France
F. Gouin
Affiliation:
Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, Hôpital d'adultes de la Timone, Marseilles, France
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , April 2004 , pp. 324 - 325
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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