Comparison of Five Anesthetic Agents Administered Intraperitoneally in the Laboratory Rat

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Spikes, Sarah E ^a   Hoogstraten Miller, Shelley L ^a   Miller, Georgina F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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