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An anesthetic experience with remimazolam for MELAS patients

Authors: Atsuhiro Kitaura, Shinichi Nakao

Published in: JA Clinical Reports | Issue 1/2022

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Title: An anesthetic experience with remimazolam for MELAS patients
Authors: Atsuhiro Kitaura
Shinichi Nakao
Publication date: 01-12-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Propofol
General Anesthesia
Anesthetics
Anesthetics
Published in: JA Clinical Reports / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 2363-9024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-022-00550-3

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