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. 1954 Apr;14(4):247–266.

The Sympathetic Nerve Supply of the Upper Limb in Relation to Sympathectomy

Arris and Gale Lecture delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 3rd November 1953

Herbert A Haxton
PMCID: PMC2377743  PMID: 13149067

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