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Comment
. 2011 Apr;152(4):952-953.
doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.009. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

Spinal methylene blue is hazardous

Reed Levine  1 , Steven H Richeimer
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Spinal methylene blue is hazardous

Reed Levine et al. Pain. 2011 Apr.
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