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. 1993 Dec;69(6):623–624. doi: 10.1136/adc.69.6.623

Regional anaesthesia for surgical treatment of inguinal hernia in preterm babies.

T M Gallagher 1
PMCID: PMC1029640  PMID: 8285771

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