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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr;122(4):e63-e64.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.003. Epub 2019 Jan 25.

Hepatotoxicity after sevoflurane anaesthesia: a new twist to an old story

Shobana Rajan  1 , Deepali Garg  2 , Kenneth C Cummings 3rd  1 , Ajit A Krishnaney  1
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Hepatotoxicity after sevoflurane anaesthesia: a new twist to an old story

Shobana Rajan et al. Br J Anaesth. 2019 Apr.
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