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Anaesthesia and paediatric oncology
ee front matter & 2007 acc.2007.07.012 ing author. Tel.: +44 20 2 9756. ess: david.chisholm@rm Summary Children with cancer present unique challenges to all concerned with their management. The disease process and its treatment can have a profound impact on the patient’s physiological and psychological state. Anaesthetists are often involved in the diagnosis, treatment and emergency resuscitati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107680509800717