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. 2018 Jul;62(6):874-875.
doi: 10.1111/aas.13120. Epub 2018 Apr 16.

The SSAI fully supports the suspension of hydroxyethyl-starch solutions commissioned by the European Medicines Agency

J H Laake  1 , T I Tønnessen  1 , M S Chew  2 , M Lipcsey  3 , H Hjelmqvist  4 , E Wilkman  5 , V Pettilä  5 , J Hoffmann-Petersen  6 , M H Møller  7 ; Board of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI)
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The SSAI fully supports the suspension of hydroxyethyl-starch solutions commissioned by the European Medicines Agency

J H Laake et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2018 Jul.
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Comment in

  • Hydroxyethyl starch: A half-century enigma.
    Bilotta F, Giordano G, Caroletti F, Pugliese F. Bilotta F, et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019 Jan;63(1):128-130. doi: 10.1111/aas.13257. Epub 2018 Sep 10. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019. PMID: 30203538 No abstract available.

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