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Aromatherapy as a promising adjunctive treatment for acute renal colic pain: an issue that merits further research

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  1. Student Research Committee, Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Hassan Sharifi & Amir Emami Zeydi

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Abolfazl Firouzian

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Sharifi, H., Firouzian, A. & Emami Zeydi, A. Aromatherapy as a promising adjunctive treatment for acute renal colic pain: an issue that merits further research. Urolithiasis 45, 231–232 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-016-0917-2

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