Adverse effect of inhalational anesthetics on the developing brain

Medical Gas Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Mike ^a   Zhang, John H ^a   Applegate, Richard L ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Developing brain; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; XENON;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928826270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20459912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-9912-4-2     Document Type: Review

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