Letter to Editor

Author

• Manijeh Yousefi Moghadam

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran

Abstract

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8.

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