A comparison of EMLA cream and amethocaine gel for topical cutaneous analgesia in children

Acute Pain

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 28-30

  Ormandy, Sarah ^a   Doyle, Edward ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amethocaine gel; EMLA cream; paediatrics; venous cannulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008725071     PISSN: 13660071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-0071(98)80017-X     Document Type: Article

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