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Drug Evaluations

Morphine-6-glucuronide: potency and safety compared with morphine

Eveline LA van Dorp PhD Student Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology, P5-Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
, MD,
Aurora Morariu Associate Professor Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology, P5-Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
, MD PhD &
Albert Dahan Professor of Anesthesiology Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology, P5-Q, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands +31 71 526 2301; +31 71 526 2448; [email protected]
, MD PhD
Pages 1955-1961 | Published online: 16 Jul 2008

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