Neural toxicity of ketamine and othe NMDA antagonists

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¹ Children Nationwide Pain Research Fellow, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK Department of Anatomy and Developmental Anatomy, Ground Floor, Medawar Building, University College London, Malet Place London WC1E 6BT, UK Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N, UK.

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Jonathan de Lima et al. Pain. 2000.

. 2000 Dec 1;88(3):311-312.

doi: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00318-3.

¹ Children Nationwide Pain Research Fellow, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK Department of Anatomy and Developmental Anatomy, Ground Floor, Medawar Building, University College London, Malet Place London WC1E 6BT, UK Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N, UK.

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Use and efficacy of low-dose ketamine in the management of acute postoperative pain: a review of current techniques and outcomes.
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