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Hyponatraemic convulsions and fatal head injury secondary to desmopressin treatment for enuresis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2006

V. Larney  and
R. Dwyer
V. Larney
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
R. Dwyer
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 10 , October 2006 , pp. 895 - 897
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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