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Cyproheptadine and the treatment of an unconscious patient with the serotonin syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

G. D. Baigel
G. D. Baigel
Affiliation:
Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 7 , September 2003 , pp. 586 - 588
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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