Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 147-149 , October 2011

Indications for intrathecal therapy in cancer patients

  • Jacqueline Lozano

      Affiliations

    • University at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Jacqueline Lozano, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14260
    • ,
  • Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine, Pain Medicine and Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

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PII: S1084-208X(11)00074-7

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2011.10.002

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 147-149 , October 2011

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