Histological changes following epidural injection of midazolam in the neonatal rabbit

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 385-389

  Bozkurt, P ^a,c   Tunali, Yusuf ^a   Kaya, Güner ^a   Okar, Imer ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesic technique; Epidural; Midazolam; Neonate; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD LESION;

EID: 0030752686     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1997.d01-107.x     Document Type: Article

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