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Effect of intrathecal pretreatment with taurine on neurological outcome after transient spinal cord ischemia in the rat

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, 903-0215, Okinawa, Japan

    Manabu Kakinohana & Yutaka Taira

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

    Martin Marsala

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Kakinohana, M., Taira, Y. & Marsala, M. Effect of intrathecal pretreatment with taurine on neurological outcome after transient spinal cord ischemia in the rat. J Anesth 12, 215–218 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481734

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