The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 907-909 , October 2009

Cocktail Paralysis

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 Aimee K. Zaas, MD, Section Editor

 Funding: Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.

 Conflict of Interest: All authors verify that they have no conflicts of interest concerning this work.

 Authorship: All authors had complete access to the data, played a role in writing the manuscript, and approved the final submission.

PII: S0002-9343(09)00620-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.001

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 907-909 , October 2009

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