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. 1959 Apr;149(4):539–545. doi: 10.1097/00000658-195904000-00014

Value of Digital Plethysmography in Evaluating Patients with Peripheral Arteriosclerosis for Lumbar Sympathectomy *

W Graham Knox
PMCID: PMC1451014  PMID: 13637666

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