Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 111-119 , March 2006

The Narcotrend monitor

  • S. Kreuer, MD (Staff member)

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PII: S1521-6896(05)00067-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2005.08.010

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 111-119 , March 2006