Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 177-183 , July 2005

Palliative and pain medicine: radiation oncology

  • Bassem I. Zaki, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Bassem I. Zaki, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr., Lebanon, NH 03756.

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2005.06.011

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 177-183 , July 2005

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