Acute Pain
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , March 2008

Magnesium sulphate pretreatment to alleviate pain on propofol injection: A comparison with ketamine or lidocaine

Received 27 April 2007 ,Revised 28 September 2007 ,Accepted 2 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2008.01.001

Acute Pain
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 23-29 , March 2008

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