Nitrous oxide anesthesia and plasma homocysteine in adolescents

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 843-848

  Nagele, Peter ^a   Tallchief, Danielle ^a   Blood, Jane ^a   Sharma, Anshuman ^a   Kharasch, Evan D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 80053317170     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822402f5     Document Type: Article

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