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Anesthesia and perioperative management for kasabach-merritt syndrome

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Horikawa, H., Tada, T. & Honda, O. Anesthesia and perioperative management for kasabach-merritt syndrome. J Anesth 6, 492–495 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054020060492

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