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Infections following cardiac surgery

  • K.N. Dastar Memorial Lecture
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  1. Department of Pathology, AIIMS, 10029, New Delhi

    R Ray M.D. Dip RC Path (Associate Professor)

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K.N. Dastur memorial lecture delivered at the 48th annual meeting of IACTS, Chennai, Feb. 2002

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Ray, R. Infections following cardiac surgery. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 18, 70–74 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-002-0036-2

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