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Patient-Controlled Spinal Opiate Analgesia in Terminal Cancer

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Joachim Chrubasik & E. Martin

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    S. Chrubasik

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Chrubasik, J., Chrubasik, S. & Martin, E. Patient-Controlled Spinal Opiate Analgesia in Terminal Cancer. Drugs 43, 799–804 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199243060-00001

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