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Alternative application site of transdermal nitroglycerin and the reduction of pain on propofol injection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

A. Turan
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
B. Karamanlioğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
D. Memiş
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
Z. Pamukçu
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey
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2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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