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The New Muscle Relaxants

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Anesthesiology: Today and Tomorrow

Part of the book series: Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology ((DCCA,volume 9))

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Abstract

Two new nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents have become available within the last year. Their pharmacology will be reviewed.

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  1. Robert J. Fragen M.D.
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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Utah Medical School, 84132, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Theodore H. Stanley M.D.  & W. Clayton Petty M.D.  & 

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Fragen, R.J. (1985). The New Muscle Relaxants. In: Stanley, T.H., Petty, W.C. (eds) Anesthesiology: Today and Tomorrow. Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5000-9_24

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