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. 2013 Oct;27(5):801-2.
doi: 10.1007/s00540-013-1587-7. Epub 2013 Mar 11.

Distance from the external occipital protuberance to the occipital artery for occipital nerve block

Takero Arai  1 , Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Saito, Yuichi Hashimoto, Takashi Asai, Yasuhisa Okuda
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Distance from the external occipital protuberance to the occipital artery for occipital nerve block

Takero Arai et al. J Anesth. 2013 Oct.
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