Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): An international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial

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Ankita Shukla et al. Acta Paediatr. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;108(11):2115-2116.

doi: 10.1111/apa.14943. Epub 2019 Aug 16.

¹ Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AK, USA.

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Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaesthesia or awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international, multicentre, randomised, controlled equivalence trial.
McCann ME, de Graaff JC, Dorris L, Disma N, Withington D, Bell G, Grobler A, Stargatt R, Hunt RW, Sheppard SJ, Marmor J, Giribaldi G, Bellinger DC, Hartmann PL, Hardy P, Frawley G, Izzo F, von Ungern Sternberg BS, Lynn A, Wilton N, Mueller M, Polaner DM, Absalom AR, Szmuk P, Morton N, Berde C, Soriano S, Davidson AJ; GAS Consortium. McCann ME, et al. Lancet. 2019 Feb 16;393(10172):664-677. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32485-1. Epub 2019 Feb 14. Lancet. 2019. PMID: 30782342 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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