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Anaesthetic management of the Prader–Willi syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2005

P. Lirk
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA
C. Keller
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
J. Colvin
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
J. Rieder
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
K. Wulf
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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© 2004 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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