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Transient spinal myoclonus after spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine in the perioperation period

Transiente spinale Myoklonie nach Spinalanästhesie mit Bupivacain in der perioperativen Situation

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Feng-Yuan Hospital, Department of Health Executive, Yuan, Taiwan

    C.S. Lin

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    C. Wei-Hung

  3. Department of Anaesthesiology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, 252, Wusing Street, Sinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan

    Y.W. Lee

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Lin, C., Wei-Hung, C. & Lee, Y. Transient spinal myoclonus after spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine in the perioperation period. Anaesthesist 57, 518 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00101-008-1362-6

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