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Ultrasound imaging accurately identifies the intercostobrachial nerve

Ahmed K. Thallaj, Mohammad K. Al Harbi, Tariq A. Alzahrani, Salah N. El-Tallawy, Abdulaziz A. Alsaif and Mohannad Alnajjar
Saudi Medical Journal October 2015, 36 (10) 1241-1244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.10.11758
Ahmed K. Thallaj
From the Departments of Anesthesia (Thallaj, Alzahrani, El-Tallawy, Alnajjar), Surgery (Alsaif), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Anesthesia (Al Harbi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad K. Al Harbi
From the Departments of Anesthesia (Thallaj, Alzahrani, El-Tallawy, Alnajjar), Surgery (Alsaif), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Anesthesia (Al Harbi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tariq A. Alzahrani
From the Departments of Anesthesia (Thallaj, Alzahrani, El-Tallawy, Alnajjar), Surgery (Alsaif), College of Medicine, King Saud University, and the Department of Anesthesia (Al Harbi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Salah N. El-Tallawy
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Abdulaziz A. Alsaif
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Ahmed K. Thallaj, Mohammad K. Al Harbi, Tariq A. Alzahrani, Salah N. El-Tallawy, Abdulaziz A. Alsaif, Mohannad Alnajjar
Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2015, 36 (10) 1241-1244; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.10.11758
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