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. 2003 May;96(5):1377-1379.
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000063923.87560.37.

Food and drug administration black box warning on the perioperative use of droperidol: a review of the cases

Ashraf S Habib  1 , Tong J Gan
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Food and drug administration black box warning on the perioperative use of droperidol: a review of the cases

Ashraf S Habib et al. Anesth Analg. 2003 May.
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