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. 2015 Mar 30;5(2):e22651.
doi: 10.5812/aapm.22651. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Neuraxial dexmedetomidine: wonder drug or simply harmful

Sohan Lal Solanki  1 , Vipin Kumar Goyal  2
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Neuraxial dexmedetomidine: wonder drug or simply harmful

Sohan Lal Solanki et al. Anesth Pain Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Analgesia; Anesthesia; Dexmedetomidine.

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Figure 1.. Chemical Structure of Dexmedetomidine
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