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Anaesthesia for a life-limited child with adrenoleucodystrophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2004

G. Dobson
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, N. Ireland
J. Lyons
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, N. Ireland
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2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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