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Technical comment

Vol. 145 No. 1516 (2015)

Coronary angiography and bronchoscopy on brain-dead donors: is informed consent required?

  • Anne Laure Dalle Ave
  • David Martin Shaw
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2015.14130
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2015;145:w14130
Published
05.04.2015

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