Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 415-429 , September 2007

Awareness, dreaming and unconscious memory formation during anaesthesia in children

  • Andrew J. Davidson, MBBS, MD, FANZCA (Staff AnaesthetistaHead of Anaesthesia Research GroupbClinical Associate Professorc)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Anaesthesia, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9345 5233; Fax: +61 3 9345 6003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2007.05.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 415-429 , September 2007

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