Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 193-212 , June 2009

Relevance of non-albumin colloids in intensive care medicine

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Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 193-212 , June 2009