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Editorial
. 2022 Jan 4;327(1):36-38.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.22465.

General Anesthesia and Postoperative Neurocognitive Outcomes

Michael S Avidan  1 , Elizabeth L Whitlock  2 , George A Mashour  3
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Editorial

General Anesthesia and Postoperative Neurocognitive Outcomes

Michael S Avidan et al. JAMA. .
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